Archive For The “Chlorine” Category

Simple Filter for Chlorine Taste and Smell

By | April 30, 2012

A question we get all the time… got submitted to us again over the weekend. ‘TinaToes’ asked, “The chlorine in our water from the city tastes and smells horrible. Can we put a simple filter in and how much would it cost? thx” Well, Tina, or should we call you Miss Toes? Ha ha. Lots [...]

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Commercial Water Filters — One Application

By | April 27, 2012

Recently we got asked who should consider installing a commercial water filter. The person who asked the question, Sylvan, owns for a restaurant whose tap water routinely tastes and smells like bleach water. Needless to say ice from their ice maker has a hideous taste and smell. WaterWorks 2 Free & TotalChlorine Test Kit For [...]

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What is the Difference Between Total Residual Chlorine and Free Chlorine?

By | April 26, 2012

Simply put, the total chlorine concentration in a water sample includes all available free chlorine plus all the chlorine that has already oxidized (acted on) contaminants in the water and become combined chlorine (monochloramines). Easy-to-Use WaterWorks 2Free & Total Chlorine Test Strip Free (available) chlorine refers to the concentration of chlorine molecules residing a water [...]

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What to Test When Opening Your Pool

By | April 26, 2012

When opening a swimming pool too many people forget to TEST THE WATER before adding chemicals… Whether you choose to test the water yourself w/ test kits like the eXact Micro 7+ Pool Testing Meter or Pool Check Test Strips, or visit your local pool supply store and have them test your water at the [...]

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Chlorine- DPD Free Reagent

By | March 22, 2012

Today’s inquiry came to us from The United Arab Emirates and their inquiry dealt with DPD-1 (What is DPD?, the chemical reagent used to detect free chlorine in a water sample. Mohanad asked, Dear Sir Please could you quote a best price for: Chorine- DPD Free Reagent Qty:600 Pk, each pk containing 100 pillows DPD-1 [...]

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Water Test Kit for Science Project

By | February 6, 2012

As the weather warms and school science fair project season rolls back around you may want to keep the WaterSafe Science Project Kit in mind. Available in 4-packs and 10-packs, the kits allow users to quickly and easily test water samples for 8 important water quality parameters: Lead – individual test Bacteria – individual test [...]

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Liquid Reagent Turns Yellow in Presence of Chlorine

By | January 31, 2012

Today’s inquiry came to us from ‘Kishore’ who asked a question about a liquid test reagent that turned yellow when added to a sample of water containing chlorine-based water disinfection tablets. Dear Sir, I mixed chlorine tablets(water purification Tablets) in water. my friend taken water in Test tube. mixed one drop of liquid then water [...]

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How Can I Check to See if My Water Filter is Working?

By | October 2, 2011

Anyone that has taken the initiative to install a water filter or water purification device/system in their home deserves a bit of praise… and those that continue to take an interest in the quality of their water after installing a water treatment system deserve even MORE for their efforts. As an example, ‘J. Mampilly’ from [...]

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Popular Water Testing Topics

By | September 16, 2011

Every so often we receive questions from readers who ask something along the lines of, “What do most people ask about?” Seemed odd at first (several years ago), but after getting asked the same thing so many times we eventually came to the conclusion that a good number of people really and truly don’t know [...]

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Clean Water for Christmas — Chlorine Removing Bath Ball

By | December 15, 2010

Before you WASTE money buying that expensive gift basket of bath scents and bath oils for your mother, sister, aunt, or uncle Wanda… we want you to consider the possibility that free chlorine and/or chloramines may ruin all those beautiful scents you will choose. Fact: As an oxidizer, chlorine in any of its forms will [...]

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