Mineral water calculator by Martin Lersch (v.

5, January 2012)
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1) Choose which mineral water you want to recreate (click to show drop down list)
Borsec

2) Enter the composition of your tapwater if known

calcium 30.0 mg/L

magnesium 3.2 mg/L
sodium 9.9 mg/L
potassium - mg/L
bicarbonate 120.0 mg/L
sulfate - mg/L
chloride 8.2 mg/L
nitrate - mg/L

3) Click check boxes to include/exclude salts and weigh out approriate amounts

Amount of salt to add for 1 liter 10 liters 100 liters

Salt mmol/L mg g g
NaCl 0.35 20 0.20 2.0
NaHCO3 2.55 215 2.15 21.5
✘ KHCO3 0.31 31 0.31 3.1
✘ MgCl2 0.00 0 0.00 0.0
✘ Ca(NO3)2 . 4H2O 0.00 0 0.00 0.0
MgSO4 . 7H2O 0.23 57 0.57 5.7
CaSO4 . 0.5H2O 0.00 0 0.00 0.0
Mg(OH)2 0.00 0 0.00 0.0
Ca(OH)2 0.00 0 0.00 0.0
MgCO3 4.02 339 3.39 33.9
CaCO3 7.17 718 7.18 71.8
Total salt 14.64 1380 13.80 138.0
Darker shading: amount = zero

4) Carbonate water, let carbonic acid dissolve magnesium and calcium salts, chill and enjoy!
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Instructions on how to use the spreadsheet
All cells requiring input are colored yellow (except the checkboxes)
1) Choose which mineral water you want to recreate (click to show drop down list)
2) Click check boxes to include/exclude salts (depending on which salts are available)
3) Compare composition of the artificial mineral water with the original water (deviations are indicated with darker color)
4) If known, please enter the composition of your tapwater here and the recipe will be adjusted according to this. Add bicarbonate to balance charge.
5) CO2 level is not always given for the mineral water chosen. Adjust amount and notice how it affects the pH.
6) Carbonate water, let the carbonic acid dissolve magnesium and calcium salts, chill and enjoy!

Analytical data for chosen mineral water Compositional data for artificial mineral water San Pellegrino Liters: Composition of tap water used
San Pellegrino Amount of salt to add for 1 liter 100 mg/L mmol/L
mg/L mmol/L mg/L mmol/L Salt mmol/L mg g calcium 30.0 0.75
calcium 208.08 5.19 calcium 208 5.19 NaCl 1.51 88 8.8 magnesium 3.2 0.13
magnesium 56.9 2.34 magnesium 57 2.34 NaHCO3 0.00 0 0.0 sodium 9.9 0.43
sodium 44.6 1.94 sodium 45 1.94 ✘ KHCO3 0.09 9 0.9 potassium - -
potassium 3.7 0.09 potassium 4 0.09 ✘ MgCl2 0.18 36 3.6 bicarbonate 120.0 1.97
bicarbonate 220.6 3.62 bicarbonate 217 3.55 ✘ Ca(NO3)2 . 4H2O 0.01 3 0.29 sulfate - -
sulfate 549.2 5.72 sulfate 549 5.72 MgSO4 . 7H2O 2.03 501 50.1 chloride 8.2 0.23
chloride 74.3 2.10 chloride 74 2.10 CaSO4 . 0.5H2O 3.69 535 53.5 nitrate - -
nitrate 1.5 0.02 nitrate 2 0.02 Mg(OH)2 0.00 0 0.0
carbon dioxide 0 - carbon dioxide 2,000 45.45 Ca(OH)2 0.00 0 0.0 positive charge equivalents 2.19
pH 7.7 calculated pH 5.25 MgCO3 0.00 0 0.0 positive charge equivalents 2.20
TDS 1109 TDS 1,155 CaCO3 0.75 75 7.5
Total salt 8.26 1247 124.7 Corrected target values
positive charge equivalents 17.1005 positive charge equivalents 17.1005 Darker shading: amount = zero mg/L mmol/L
negative charge equivalents 17.1704 negative charge equivalents 17.1077 calcium 178.08 4.44
Red: cations and anions do not balance Darker shading: failed to meet target magnesium 53.7 2.21
(means that compositional data shown is incomplete) sodium 34.7 1.51
potassium 3.7 0.09
Extra CO2 2000 mg/L bicarbonate 100.6 1.65
sulfate 549.2 5.72
Mineral water calculator by Martin Lersch (v.5, January 2012) chloride 66.1 1.86
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 Ca Mg Na K HCO3 SO4 Cl
Acqua Panna 30.2 6.9 6.5 0.9 100 21.4 7.1
Antipodes 3.5 1.8 11 3.3 35 4.5 7
Apollinaris 100 130 410 20 1810 80 100
Aquarel Birken 106 23.3 19.7 423 32.2
Artificial mineral water 100 100 125 0 670 300 50
Badoit 190 85 165 10 1300 38 44
Borsec 317.5 106.6 76.6 12 1660 22.2 20.5
Burton (beer brewing) 268 62 30 141 638 36
Calistoga 3.6 0 170 14 22 110 210
Carola Rouge 103 52.2 103 22.2 505 205 76.6
Contrex 468 74.5 9.4 3.2 372 1121 10
Dorna 287.1 8.61 23.5 2.7 0 25.5 10.9
Evian 78 24 5 1 357 10 4.5
Farris 26 30 400 300 15 590
Fiuggi 15.9 6.3 6.4 4.4 81.7 6 13.9
Gerolsteiner 348 108 118 10.8 1816 38.3 39.7
Harghita 113.4 69.4 68.3 11.1 854 2
Hassia Sprudel 190 34 197 21.9 1098 37 109
Henniez 106 19 7 1 392 13 8
Kessel 40.8 13.3 770.4 5.4 2123 5.35 97.4
London (beer brewing) 90 4 24 123 58 18
Mountain Valley Spring 68 8 2.8 1 238 9.72 0
Munich (beer brewing) 80 19 1 164 5 1
Neuselters 100 27 90 6 570 6 60
Perrier 147.3 3.4 9 0.6 390 33 21.5
Pilsen (beer brewing) 7 1 3 9 6 5
PurPur (coffee brewing) 24 7.3 25.6 5.6 151 28.5 1.8
Rosbacher Klassich 206 100 72.7 4.4 1095 19 112
Saint-Yorre 78.8 9 1744 115 4263 182 329
Salvus 99 5.7 18.5 1 211 69 42.4
San Benedetto 46 30 6.8 1.1 293 4.9 2.8
San Narciso 55 9 1138 53.4 2196 54 596
San Pellegrino 208.08 56.9 44.6 3.7 220.6 549.2 74.3
Selters 110 38 299 13 850 20 269
Tea brewing (max) 11.1 2.2 28 10.5 36.5 8.8 55.1
Tea brewing (min) 4.3 6.8 12.7 4.3 10.5 3.3 23.7
Tesanjski Dijamant 64.92 47.62 15 0.78 429 34 9
Ty Nant 22.5 11.5 22 1 116 3.7 14
Vittel 202 36 3.8 402 306 0
Volvic 11.5 8 11.6 6.2 71 6.9 13.5
Voss 3.46 0.78 5
Waiwera 12 2.6 1.6 20 30
NO3 CO2 pH TDS TDS calculated TDS diff Ca/Mg Ca/Na
5.7 0.008 8.2 137 179 42 4.4 4.6
1.5 6.5 130 68 62 1.9 0.3
1.6 2767 2,652 115 0.8 0.2
613 604 9
1,345 1,345 1.0 0.8
2500 6 1200 1,832 632 2.2 1.2
6.45 1402 2,215 813 3.0 4.1
31 1,206 1,206 4.3 8.9
4.75 580 530 50 #DIV/0! 0.0
1,067 1,067 2.0 1.0
2.9 no gas 2078 2,061 17 6.3 49.8
1.66 4300 5.6 360 360 33.3 12.2
3.8 no gas 7.2 357 483 126 3.3 15.6
5.5 1400 1,361 39 0.9 0.1
7 8 6.8 122 142 20 2.5 2.5
5.1 7000 2488 2,484 4 3.2 2.9
1,118 1,118 1.6 1.7
1,687 1,687 5.6 1.0
16 581 562 19 5.6 15.1
0.1 6.2 4626 3,056 1,570
3 320 320 22.5 3.8
0 no gas 7.8 230 328 98 8.5 24.3
3 273 273 4.2 80.0
859 859
18 5.46 475 623 148 43.3 16.4
31 31 7.0 2.3
244 244 3.3 0.9
1,609 1,609 2.1 2.8
6.6 4774 6,721 1,947 8.8 0.0
447 447 17.4 5.4
6.8 no gas 7.68 250 391 141 1.5 6.8
0 little gas 4090 4,101 11 6.1 0.0
1.5 7.7 1109 1,159 50 3.7 4.7
8200 1,599 1,599 2.9 0.4
152.5 152 0 5.0 0.4
60.3 66 5 0.6 0.3
0.88 5.5 4578 601 3,977 1.4 4.3
6.8 165 191 26 2.0 1.0
7.5 841 950 109 5.6 53.2
6.3 7 109 135 26 1.4 1.0
6.4 22 9 13 4.4 #DIV/0!
8.6 66 66 4.6 7.5
Pos charge Neg chargeCharge Diff Comment
2.4 2.4 0.0
0.9 0.9 0.0 Used for strong, pale, bitter ales
34.0 34.2 0.1 Used for dark, soft flavored beers
8.1 7.8 0.2 Used for dark, soft flavored beers
18.7 18.6 0.0 Ca:Mg 1:1, Na at 125 mg/L according to Kulhavy, T; Cuta, J. Vodni Hospodarstvi: B 1973
23.9 23.3 0.6 Used for pale lager beer
28.3 28.2 0.0 bicarbonate adjusted to achieve neutral charge
19.8 17.1 2.7
7.9 8.6 0.6
14.5 14.7 0.2
30.0 29.8 0.2
16.1 0.9 15.3 bicarbonate adjusted to achieve neutral charge
6.1 6.2 0.1
21.2 21.9 0.7
1.7 2.0 0.3
31.7 31.8 0.1
14.6 14.1 0.6
21.4 21.8 0.4
7.2 7.2 0.0
36.8 37.7 0.9
5.9 3.8 2.1
4.2 4.1 0.1
5.6 2.9 2.7
11.3 11.2 0.1
8.0 8.0 0.1
0.6 0.4 0.1
3.1 3.1 0.1
21.8 21.5 0.3
83.5 82.9 0.5
6.2 6.1 0.1
5.1 5.1 0.0
54.4 53.9 0.4
17.1 17.2 0.1
22.0 21.9 0.0
2.2 2.3 0.1 "Functional water 2" from US 2006/0286263
1.4 0.9 0.5 "Functional water 1" from US 2006/0286263
7.8 8.0 0.2
3.1 2.4 0.7
13.2 13.0 0.2
1.9 1.8 0.1
0.2 0.1 0.1
0.9 1.2 0.3 Claimed to be good for brewing coffee
 URL

Kulhavy, T; Cuta, J. Vodni Hospodarstvi: B 1973, 23(9), 222-6 "Effects of mineral content on the taste of water"

http://fg.geo.uu.nl/perk/mineralwaters/mineralwater.php?Country_id=1061&Brand=Borsec-Carbogazoasa

http://www.calistogawater.com/Mineral.aspx
http://www.carola.fr

http://www.dorna.ro/thewater.aspx

http://fg.geo.uu.nl/perk/mineralwaters/mineralwater.php?Country_id=1013&Brand=St-Yorre

http://www.aguainfant.com/ENGLISH/AGUAS-ESP/S/s-narciso.htm
http://fg.geo.uu.nl/perk/mineralwaters/mineralwater.php?Country_id=1017&Brand=San-Pellegrino

http://www.google.com/patents/US20060286263
http://www.google.com/patents/US20060286263

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volvic_(mineral_water)

http://www.purpur-premiumwasser.de/characteristics-of-the-perfect-water.html