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Re: [compost_tea] Re: dechlor and water



Locally, the city Round Rock, Texas went from chlorine to chloramine just 2-3 months ago. This was posted on their website at http://www.ci.round-rock.tx.us/news/ as follows;

Round Rock water conversion
On Monday, March 3, the City will convert its water disinfection process from chlorine to chloramine. Chloramine is a combination of chlorine and ammonia and is a widely used alternative to free chlorine. During the change process, please note the following:
n The water is safe to drink.
n Customers may notice a change in the taste and odor of the water. This is normal and should diminish after the system is fully converted.
n Dialysis patients and aquarium owners will need to change their filter processes.

How to remove chloramine according to the Water Quality Association at http://www.wqa.org/sitelogic.cfm?ID=348 So what is shell-based activation? and how long for the zeolite absorption?

Chloramines can be removed from water with very low flow rates (5 to 10 minutes contact time) through shell-base activated carbon, followed by mineral zeolite media for residual ammonia adsorption.


http://www.awwa.org the American Water Works Association, an alternative group, though hard to pinpoint valuable information, and you have to have a password to get the guts of the info. But they're there.

Tampa/Miami/Dade info on Chloramines http://pubgis.co.pinellas.fl.us/pcuweb_live/chloramines02.cfm
The Los Angeles site http://www.ladwp.com/water/quality/wq_nh3cl.htm

 
Rainwater is looking better all the time!
Steve Bridges
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Friday, May 30, 2003 6:14 PM
Subject: RE: [compost_tea] Re: dechlor and water

cloramines -  never heard of em -  Is this a better poison theyve found to add to ouw water?   Promoted by bottled water peddlers?  At the cost of bottled water we could afford O3,    or colloidal Ag.  

Tom Jaszewski <tomj@livesoil.com> wrote:

http://www.acwd.org/waterquality-chloramines.html

 

Will a carbon filter remove chloramines?
Yes. To be effective, however, it must contain high quality granular activated carbon and you must permit sufficient contact time between the water and the carbon.

Will letting water sit for a few days cause chloramines to disappear?
No. Unlike chlorine, which dissipates when water sits for a few days, chloramines may take weeks to disappear.

 

 

Tom Jaszewski

 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: George and Paulette Mouchet [mailto:geomouchet@QNET.COM]
Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2003 7:32 PM
To: 'compost_tea@yahoogroups.com'
Subject: RE: [compost_tea] Re: dechlor and water

 

Okay, Tom.  So how do we remove chloramines?

Paulette

 




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