Date:         Tue, 15 Jul 2003 18:45:28 -0500
Reply-To:     John Rodgers <j_rodgers@CHARTER.NET>
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From:         John Rodgers <j_rodgers@CHARTER.NET>
Subject:      Re: Cleaning the water holding tank?
Comments: To: Ri <ri@RASAPRABHU.ORG>
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Ri wrote:
Don't know about the cleaning part, but in addition to chlorine based
bleach, iodine works, and so does hydrogen peroxiide and Ozone. Ozone is
the treatment of choice for water in Europe, whereas here in the US we
use gaseos chlorine for treatment in the water treatment plants. In
smaller scale operations, chlorine bleach pellets are used, and the
concentration monitored closely in all cases.

So far a water treatment is concerned, the concentration of any of these
agents is based the desired concentration at the water tap where samples
for testing are taken. That means at the plant the concentration is
realy high, because the treatment agents become less concentrated the
further the water goes from the source.

My $0.02!

John Rodgers
88 GL Driver

> At 10:49 AM 7/15/2003, you wrote:
>
>> Any recommendations/procedures re cleaning/sterilizing the water system?
>> TIA
>
>
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> Chlorine bleach is the nastiest, most toxic stuff in the world. We
> recommend using a food grade hydrogen peroxide. It works much better, and
> isn't caustic and environmentally destructive.
>
> Worked well for us! Just uses a little bit, be sure to follow the
> directions on the bottle.
>
>
>
> Ri, Glen & the River Clan
>
> 87 Tiico Westy
> 67 Singlecab
> 02 Prius (Soon to be swapped for a TDI Beetle/Biodiesel)
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> Oregon Coast
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