Water · QLD · Darling Downs

Toowoomba City / Northern zones (HARD zone)

Supplied by Toowoomba Regional Council · Toowoomba dams (City zone)

All zones

HARD-RO-RECOMMENDED-COMMERCIAL

CITY ZONE ONLY: 188 mg/L - hardest in SEQ. Outer zones vary significantly (78-85 mg/L). ALWAYS confirm pressure zone with customer before recommending.

Water chemistry

Hard

Hardness (mg/L CaCO₃)

180188

German degrees (°dH)

10.110.5

TDS (ppm)

280420

Typical pH

7.6-8.5

Recommended filters

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

Home / Domestic

Single machine, household use

BWT BESTMAX PREMIUM XL (FS28P00A00) or Claris Ultra 1000-L (4339-82)

Small Cafe

Up to ~10 kg coffee/week

BWT BESTMAX PREMIUM 2XL (FS30P00A00) + WM1000 flow meter

Medium Cafe

10–30 kg coffee/week

Claris Ultra 1500-XL (4339-83) + WM1000 or Everpure MRS-225 + 4CM

High Volume

30+ kg coffee/week, multi-group

Everpure LVRO-75E (EV997500) + 4CM (EV962780) - RO recommended

Additional requirements

RO system
Recommended - Everpure LVRO-75E (EV997500) + 4CM (EV962780)
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)