2026 Holiday House Catalog

Water Specifications

FOODSERVICE WATER SPECIFICATIONS

Quality water is essential for taste, brewing, carbonation, steaming, equipment protection and more. Water used to make coffee, espresso, fountain beverages, drinking water and ice must be potable under local requirements and USEPA drinking water foodservice application:

Attribute

Turbidity

Must not exceed 0.5 Nephelometric Turbidity Units

Taste & Odor Total Chlorine

Free from off-tastes and odors

<0.05 ppm

Iron

Not more than 0.10 ppm Not more than 100 ppm

Total Alkalinity Total Hardness

17 - 85 ppm 70 - 200 ppm

Total Dissolved Solids

pH

6.80 - 7.40

COFFEE & ESPRESSO Chlorides

Coffee: <50 & Espresso: <30 ppm

Sodium

At or near 10 mg/l

Turbidity

Must not exceed 0.5 Nephelometric Turbidity Units

Taste & Odor Total Chlorine

Free from off-tastes and odors

<0.05 ppm

Iron

Not more than 0.10 ppm Not more than 150 ppm Not more than 100 mg/l Not more than 500 mg/l Not more than 250 mg/l Not more than 250 mg/l

Total Alkalinity Total Hardness

Total Dissolved Solids

Sulfates Chlorides

pH

6.50 - 8.50

FOUNTAIN & DRINKING WATER

Turbidity

Must not exceed 0.5 Nephelometric Turbidity Units

Taste & Odor Total Chlorine

Free from off-tastes and odors

<0.05 ppm

Iron

Not more than 0.10 ppm

Total Alkalinity Total Hardness

<150 ppm <85 ppm

ICE

Total Dissolved Solids

70 - 200 ppm

pH

6.80 - 7.40

Chlorides

or as listed in the following table:

Attribute

Turbidity

Must not exceed 0.5 Nephelometric Turbidity Units

Taste & Odor Total Chlorine

Free from off-tastes and odors

<0.05 ppm

Iron

Not more than 0.10 ppm Not more than 100 ppm

Total Alkalinity Total Hardness

17 - 85 ppm 25 - 75 ppm 6.80 - 7.40

STEAM

Total Dissolved Solids

pH

Chlorides

120

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