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# Water Chemistry

## Getting Started

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Start by setting up a water profile for your local city water.  

<https://www.brewersfriend.com/homebrew/profile/water>
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Then choose the source water you setup and a target water for the beer style you're making.  If you saved your recipe, added fermentables and salts or acids in Other Ingredients then you will see a predicted mash pH in the upper left hand corner.

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### Water Calculator

You can also link a water calculator for further refining the Mash pH.