The Chlorine levels in muni water is there to kill bacteria and other life that may be pathogenic to us but it also kills the good guys. Chlorine is easy to get rid of since its volatile, just let the water sit for a few hours and it will out gas from the water. Boiling the water, aerating the
water or putting it in bright sunlight will make the Chlorine go away faster.
If your water is treated with Chloramine, then the above solutions for Chlorine won't work.
Adding a little bit of citric acid, ascorbic acid or humic acid will tie up the Chloramine as well as Chlorine. Reducing sugars in molasses will tie up Chlorine,but I'm not sure about Chloramine.
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