Post by amanichen on Mar 30, 2005 19:24:20 GMT -5
Got this e-mail today:
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Beginning June 27, 2005 the (insert my town here) Water Authority will change its method of disinfecting drinking water, from free chlorine to chloramination, a process in which ammonia is added to chlorinated water.
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Owners of fish and aquatic animals should contact their supplier or a local pet store for supplies and information. Dechloraminating water for use in aquariums is a somewhat different procedure than dechlorinating water. Products for dechloraminating water are commercially available.
The change to chloramination is being made to continue to comply with increasingly stringent federal and state regulations on levels of disinfection by-products (DBPs) in drinking water.
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Although chlorine has traditionally been used as a disinfecting agent in the water supply industry because of its effectiveness, the disinfection byproducts are now being recognized by federal and state agencies as a possible health risk over a lifetime of exposure. To reduce this risk and to continue to provide high quality drinking water, the water authority must make this change.
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This is happening more and more often. I'll have to see how Prime stands up to chloramine when this happens.
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Beginning June 27, 2005 the (insert my town here) Water Authority will change its method of disinfecting drinking water, from free chlorine to chloramination, a process in which ammonia is added to chlorinated water.
...
Owners of fish and aquatic animals should contact their supplier or a local pet store for supplies and information. Dechloraminating water for use in aquariums is a somewhat different procedure than dechlorinating water. Products for dechloraminating water are commercially available.
The change to chloramination is being made to continue to comply with increasingly stringent federal and state regulations on levels of disinfection by-products (DBPs) in drinking water.
...
Although chlorine has traditionally been used as a disinfecting agent in the water supply industry because of its effectiveness, the disinfection byproducts are now being recognized by federal and state agencies as a possible health risk over a lifetime of exposure. To reduce this risk and to continue to provide high quality drinking water, the water authority must make this change.
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This is happening more and more often. I'll have to see how Prime stands up to chloramine when this happens.
