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kevinrs · March 7, 2011

I looked at chloramine removal a while back, one of the important things is time of contact with the activated charcoal, if the water is passing through a filter too quickly, more chloramine passes through. What I'm doing with my seedlings, is I found that a 1000 mg vitamin C would neutralize chloramine in 40 gallons of water(for people concerned with bathing in it) so I cut up some 500 mg tablets into quarters, each quarter should be enough for 5 gallons, and I add one to each gallon jug of water. I let the water jug sit a while open a few days as well.

http://sfwater.org/Files/FAQs/Removal_8_10.pdf is where I found the most info, and what seems to be the most reliable. It mentions flow rates filters are rated for, and also the vitamin C method, and other info, like preparing coffe or tea removes it, and for drinking water you can put a slice of fruit in a pitcher of water for a few days.

March 7, 2011	#60
kevinrs Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Littlerock, CA Posts: 218	I looked at chloramine removal a while back, one of the important things is time of contact with the activated charcoal, if the water is passing through a filter too quickly, more chloramine passes through. What I'm doing with my seedlings, is I found that a 1000 mg vitamin C would neutralize chloramine in 40 gallons of water(for people concerned with bathing in it) so I cut up some 500 mg tablets into quarters, each quarter should be enough for 5 gallons, and I add one to each gallon jug of water. I let the water jug sit a while open a few days as well. http://sfwater.org/Files/FAQs/Removal_8_10.pdf is where I found the most info, and what seems to be the most reliable. It mentions flow rates filters are rated for, and also the vitamin C method, and other info, like preparing coffe or tea removes it, and for drinking water you can put a slice of fruit in a pitcher of water for a few days.