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Hydrochart
data in, understanding out
1 · Data
⬇ Download data template
Or edit rows by hand in the Data editor on the right.
2 · Columns (mg/L)
3 · Colour & label by
Colour points by
Label points
Palette
4 · Categories & colours
Tap a swatch to recolour. Untick to hide a category from the plot.
5 · Classification & display
Dominance threshold50%
Minimum meq-% for a group — Ca+Mg, Na+K, HCO₃+CO₃ or Cl+SO₄ — to name the water type. Below it that half of the name is “Mixed”.
Draws the dominant-ion fields A–G on the triangles, which follow the threshold above, and water types 1–4 on the diamond, which are fixed on 50% majorities.
Leaves only the keys on the figure and lists the names in a legend — cleaner when the plot is crowded.
Marker / line size5
Label text size1.0×
Label size scales the text inside the figure, including the SVG and PNG you export.
Diagram type
Piper Trilinear Diagram
meq/L basis · Hill (1940) construction
✎ Data editor (mg/L)
Click any cell to edit — sample name, group, or ion values. The plot and QA update as you type.
▦ Computed values & QA
CBE = (Σcations − Σanions) / (Σcations + Σanions) × 100. Analyses beyond ±5% are flagged for review.