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  • From: "sals3" <sals3 AT cox.net>
  • To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Purifying Rural Water for Watering Garden Plants
  • Date: Sun, 3 Jan 2010 10:17:34 -0800

IMHO if you are making compost tea the c in the water will kill the life in the tea. ur better off letting it sit or bubble it for a while before you start. I would guess it kills life in the soil also. If you trying to put out the compost tea in the drip line I think the water would kill the life. but I don't know . I just think your wrong saying city water systems can't hurt man . I get reports all the time from the city after the fact saying that water you drank last week did not pass the test. I feel there is a lot of city water not fit to drink and or wash with or even use on crops if you value life in the soil. water water everywhere not a drop fit to drink. it can happen
----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Shoemaker" <wshoemak AT illinois.edu>
To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Sunday, January 03, 2010 10:03 AM
Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Purifying Rural Water for Watering Garden Plants


Interestingly, chlorine is an element that is suspected of being an essential element for plant growth. However the plant physiology community argues over this one. Bottom line is that the low levels used in municipal water systems are very unlikely to be harmful. As Ben points out, it converts to gas and leaves quickly from city water once it leaves the water system. Plus, it binds very quickly to organic molecules in the soil. Any suggestion that it is harmful to people or soils when delivered by city water systems is poorly supported scientifically.

Bill


---- Original message ----
Date: Sun, 03 Jan 2010 07:42:57 +0300
From: "Wiener, Benjamin L CPT NG NG FORSCOM" <benjamin.l.wiener AT us.army.mil>
Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Purifying Rural Water for Watering Garden Plants
To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Cc: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>

Reverse osmosis can remove those elements from water. Note that your soil will contain those elements, too, so unless you have very high readings for chlorine/floride/ and arsenic in your water you are not gaining anything. Areas with high arsenic in water usually have high arsenic soils. That is where the water got it from. Chlorine in city water will off gas if exposed to air for 24 hours. It is standard practice with small aquaria to let replacement water stand for 24 hours to remove the chlorine. It is exceedingly rare to find floride in a concentration that would affect plants or people. Most places don't have enough floride, which is why they add it to city water for better dental health.

Ben Wiener

----- Original Message -----
From: Roots Farm & Karen Sutherland <rootsfarm AT cwdom.dm>
Date: Sunday, January 3, 2010 1:07
Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Purifying Rural Water for Watering Garden Plants
To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>


Not to mention the toxins leached from the hose itself......

Best wishes for the New Year to all.

Karen

On Jan 2, 2010, at 5:42 PM, Mary Conner wrote:

> All:
>
> Does anyone have experience or know of a method to filter out
the
> chlorine/fluoride/arsenic, etc., in a garden hose irrigation
system
> so that the plants don't carry those chemicals in them? Can it
be
> done?
>
> Thanks!
> Mary
>
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