Boiling Water...is it as effective to de-chlorinate as leaving out for 24
hours?

Thanks.

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"Folsom Cook" > wrote in message
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> Boiling Water...is it as effective to de-chlorinate as leaving
out for 24
> hours?
> Thanks.
> folsomcook

Yes, but boiling or letting it set only works if your city uses
gas chlorinating. If they use powder like they do for swimming
pools it won't work.
Ernie

Thx Ernie. I'll call our water district and find out.



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"Ernie" > wrote in message
om...
>
> "Folsom Cook" > wrote in message
> news:_wzRb.169356$na.278321@attbi_s04...
> > Boiling Water...is it as effective to de-chlorinate as leaving
> out for 24
> > hours?
> > Thanks.
> > folsomcook
>
> Yes, but boiling or letting it set only works if your city uses
> gas chlorinating. If they use powder like they do for swimming
> pools it won't work.
> Ernie
>
>

Darva Conger wrote:
>
> On Tue, 27 Jan 2004 20:06:18 GMT in
> <_wzRb.169356$na.278321@attbi_s04>, "Folsom Cook"
> > graced the world with this thought:
>
> >Boiling Water...is it as effective to de-chlorinate as leaving out for 24
> >hours?
> >
> >Thanks.
> Oh, and I do believe a simple activated charcoal filter will take it
> out, might want to check on that though.

It most definitely will. That's really the best way. You can have
it installed under your kitchen sink and have it changed every couple
years.

David

Darva Conger wrote:

> Chlorine will break down relatively quickly with time and aeration,
> chloramines take considerably longer, like maybe a couple weeks at
> room temp. Most large cities in the U.S. use chloramine because it
> does a better job at it's intended use.

Was just on the local news that SF is changing to chloramine. They
warned us that the tap water would smell and taste odd for a week but
that would diminish.

Of course, I don't know if it will really diminish or we'll just get
used to it after a week.

B/