Quote:
|
Originally Posted by StirCrazy
Quote:
|
Originally Posted by Veng68
Are you sure? The Greater Vancouver Regional District has never given notices about the switch to Chloramine. Usually they alert all the pet shops (like when they increased the concentration of chlorine) or atleast post a newspaper article. I notice that you are from Victoria........ maybe when I posted GVRD you mixed that up with Victoria?
I checked the GVRD website www.gvrd.bc.ca and they mention nothing about chloramine only that they use Ozone as a primary disifectant and chlorine as a secondary disinfectant.
Cheers,
Victor Veng68 |
from the link you posted
"Secondary Disinfection
As water flows through the distribution system, the disinfectant used at the primary stage gradually breaks down. This creates the potential for bacteria to grow in the water. Secondary disinfection with chlorine is used to continue safe-guarding the water as it travels to homes, businesses, and industries in the Lower Mainland. Ozone cannot be used as a secondary disinfectant because it breaks down too quickly."
dollers to donuts I will bet that there chlorine addition is in the form of Chloramine as chlorine breaks down to fast. Oazone is only a new (sence 1998) primary disafenctant.
Steve |
I send them an -email to make sure. I think it's chlorine because if they used chloramine I think there would be a lot more unhappy aquarists around the Lower Mainland. I'll keep the baord posted.
Cheers,
Vic Veng68