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When did chlorine start to be added to drinking water in the UK?
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∙ 11y ago
In the U.S. - 1945. However, a lot of cities have naturally fluoridated water. In the U.S., there are a lot of news articles about adding fluoride to water. But for the rest of the world, too much fluoride in the water is a concern and there are lots of programs to remove it down to safe levels.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 11y agoit was added in 1967
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What element is added to drinking and pool water?
chlorine
What is added to drinking water to kill the bacteria in it?
Bacteria (usually) can be killed with ordinary soap or diluted cholrine bleach.
What is the process name for chlorine being added to drinking water?
Chlorination.
What is added to drinking water?
All sorts of things are added to water, from whiskey to orange juice. If you mean added by the public water supply company, the common ones are chlorine to kill bacteria and fluoride to reduce tooth decay.
Whichelement is used in bleach drinking water and PVC pipes?
Most bleaches contain oxygen; drinking water contains oxygen and hydrogen.However, the element probably meant is chlorine, which is in the most common kind of household bleach (so is oxygen) and in polyvinylchloride, the material that makes PVC pipes. It's not really "used in" drinking water, though small quantities of chlorine compounds may be added to drinking water to "purify" it (really to sterilize it; chlorine is pretty toxic to microorganisms).
What element is greenish yellow and used in bleach and drinking water?
The gaseous element chlorine has a greenish tint. Chlorine bleach is an aqueous solution of sodium hypochlorite. Chlorine solutions are used to disinfect water in public water systems, and calcium hypochlorite powder is added to swimming pools to control bacteria.
How do you chlorinate a water well?
ratio of chlorine to drinking water ?
Is chlorine water topically use?
chlorine is used every day, in everything from pools and our drinking water.
Chlorine is often used in water purification to do what?
Chlorine is added to water to kill pathogens.
What is the difference between liquid chlorine for pools and for drinking water?
beacause chlorine is a chemical used to clean water
What is dechlorinated tap water?
Tap water contains chlorine to ensure no bacteria in the available drinking water source. Chlorine is also used in pools for the same reason. The disadvantage of having chlorine in our drinking water is that if we use it to water plants, it does about as much harm as good. The same rule applies to drinking that same water, as chlorine in the stomach causes acid reflux and erosive esophigitis as the chlorine becomes chlorine gas and is unhealthy. The best thing you can do is filter tap water by way of a charcoal filtering system.
What is added to water to get rid of excess chlorine before the water reaches your homes?
If too much chlorine is added Sulphurdioxide is used
