What is alaklinity equivalents?

Question

What is alkalinity equivalents and how are you going to compute the total alkalinity from it?

1.0x10^-3 is the alkalnity equivalents

total alkalinity = [HCO3^-](bicarbonate anion)+2[CO3^2-](carbonate anion)+[OH-](hydroxide anion)-[H+](hydronium cation)

pH = 10.4

Answer 1

A confusing way of saying net removers of H+. So each HCO3- can remove 1 H+, and each CO32- can remove two.