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In the recipe editor, the water volumes tab shows the various water volumes associated with the steps in your brewing process. These include the mash, boil and fermentation and bottling. When brewing, this helps you plan and track your water usage, and also adjust many equipment settings if they do not match this particular batch of beer.

The water volume tab is very similar to the Water Needed Tool available as a standalone tool.

Displaying the Water Volumes Tab

o	Open a recipe by double clicking on it

o	Click on the Water Volumes tab a the top of the recipe window to view/edit your recipe water volume details

o	If you want to permanently change aspects of your equipment it is important that you go to the Equipment Profile and edit your settings there, as changing them in a recipe will only alter the settings for that one recipe.