Water · ACT · ACT

Canberra & ACT

Supplied by Icon Water · Googong / Corin / Bendora / Cotter dams

Water chemistry

Soft-Moderate

Hardness (mg/L CaCO₃)

30–60

German degrees (°dH)

1.7–3.4

TDS (ppm)

40–90

Typical pH

7.0-7.6

Mountain catchments - excellent quality. Near SCA lower range. One of Australia's best coffee water bases.

Filter choice scales with weekly coffee volume. Pick the tier that matches your usage.

Single machine, household use

BWT BESTMAX PREMIUM S (FS22P00A00) or Brita C50 (1002730)

Up to ~10 kg coffee/week

BWT BESTMAX PREMIUM V (FS23P00A00) or Brita C150 (102828)

10–30 kg coffee/week

BWT BESTMAX PREMIUM M (FS24P00A00) or Brita C300 (102826) or Claris Ultra 500-M (4339-81)

30+ kg coffee/week, multi-group

BWT BESTMAX PREMIUM XL (FS28P00A00) or Brita C500 (1002045)

RO system: Not required
Filter head required: BWT Besthead (FS00Y90A00) for BWT; Brita Head (1013637) G3/8" BSP for Brita; Claris Head (4339-90) 3/8" BSP for Claris
Flow meter: BWT WM1000 for commercial; Everpure Claris Flowmeter (4339-30) for Claris systems
Test kit: BWT TK550 Carbonate Hardness Test Kit (TK550)