Judy Seigel (jseigel@panix.com)
Sat, 05 Jun 1999 17:23:58 -0400 (EDT)
On Sat, 5 Jun 1999, Hal Faulkner wrote:
> Along the same lines, if you are in a hurry, boil the water. This should
> drive off the chlorine, then use it as soon as it has cooled. This will
> have the added advantage of driving off most of the dissolved oxygen.
> From: SoVerySLY@aol.com [mailto:SoVerySLY@aol.com]
> Sent: Saturday, June 05, 1999 9:22 AM
> To: alt-photo-process-l@skyway.usask.ca
> Subject: Re: Chlorine in tap water
>
>
> Could using a a de-chlorinator (available in pet shops that have aquarium
> supplies) work, or is there some reason it won't? When I've had to
> de-chlorinate my fish tanks (when adding fresh water), I've used the
> de-chlorinators or, if I plan ahead (not my strong suit), I let the water
> sit
> uncovered in a bucket (large surface area) for 24 hours to let the chlorine
> evaporate from the water. Maybe this will help?
>From here it seems like just leaving the water in a bucket, if that
actually does it, would be treatment of choice. I mean the idea of using
fossil fuel to boil water for something other than a nice cup of tea
seems very UNgreenie.
We also have something called a Brita, I think they come as filters for
the faucet, but this contraption is a large pitcher you pour tap water
into that sits in the refrigerator. My husband uses it for drinking water;
I tried using it for tea, but the tea was too tasteless and I went back to
tap water. They used to sell for about $50; now you can get them around
town for about $15 -- or they were advertised at that price the moment we
bought ours at the higher price.
I don't of course know what it REALLY takes out beside the taste. But
here's an idea -- try any one or all of these methods for "dechlorinating"
and then test with some silver nitrate as per Charles's suggestion. It's
probably not practical to actually titrate chlorine level that way, but
might work to check for gross presence of chlorine...
Judy
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