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  • From: William Kruidenier <williamk AT carolina.rr.com>
  • To: compostteas AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: [Compostteas] Chlorine
  • Date: Sat, 13 Jul 2002 12:27:37 -0400

Title: Chlorine
Wayne,

I have used this filter from Charley's on an outdoor faucet for a couple of years for watering my backyard garden. I discovered the exact same filter is marketed by another company to install in your shower to remove chlorine from your shower water.

I got the shower one first, and after installing it checked the water with a typical OTO test kit like you use for checking chlorine in a swimming pool. (Glass of water, five drops of OTO, and the water turns bright yellow if chlorine is present; clear if chlorine is absent.) When I got a glass of water from the shower filter and tested it, it turned bright yellow. I called the manufacturer of the carbon filter (the unit Charley's sells is just a plastic housing with a carbon filter inside which is the replaceable part), and the tech rep I talked to told me  you can't test for chlorine with that filter using an OTO test. I got lost in the science he was giving me and took his word for it. I have continued to use it -- at least I don't smell chlorine in the shower like I do in the rest of the tap water.

SO -- I'm assuming the one I installed outside is removing chlorine as long as it has a clean carbon filter. (The filter can be soaked in vinegar to "clean" it, and turned around and installed backward to backwash it and extend the life.) I DO NOT USE THIS WATER TO MAKE CT -- I DON'T TRUST IT THAT MUCH. I AERATE THE WATER IN MY 30 GALLON BREWER FOR AN HOUR OR TWO BEFORE MAKING TEA.

When I'm not making tea I keep a 30 gallon trash can filled with my CT air stones and keep it aerated to hand water my garden.

If anyone knows anything about testing for chlorine in "city" water that could clear up the confusion I described above I'd appreciate knowing about it.

Tx,

William



This in from Wayne Lewis:
 Charley's Greenhouse...www.charleysgreenhouse.com sells a faucet filter to remove chlorine from water going into a garden hose. Flow rate is 2.5 gallons per minute.  Cost is 32 US dollars and replacement cartridge is $17.95.
 
We have no idea if this works, but wonder what people think? Is it possible? Why not?
 
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William M. Kruidenier
Basileia Productions
5118 Weatherly Way
Matthews, NC 28104
Phone: 704-821-2528
Mobile: 704-649-9559
Fax: 419-793-0033


  • [Compostteas] Chlorine, William Kruidenier, 07/13/2002

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