there are different meanings for "salt"
table salt is NaCl, wont affect pH
NaHCO3 is the salt of bicarb and will affect pH.
salts in the generic form means any Na, Li, Mg, etc combination with
negative charged ions. There are even salts of DNA.
Ingrid

On Sat, 30 Jun 2007 10:55:40 CST, Hal wrote:

On Sat, 30 Jun 2007 01:03:41 CST, "George"
wrote:

If your drinking water
contains chlorides AND TDSs close to the allowable limit, you will have a
relatively high salinity (as freshwater goes), and that can affect your Ph.
That was the reason I asked the question.

I have no salt in my tap water/water source, but add up to .1% in my
pond every winter and have noticed no change in pH readings. I
thought pH was a relationship between hydrogen ions. How does salt
effect the relationship?

Regards,

Hal