Dechlorinate city water?

Chlorine isn't the problem with tap water. It's there in such minuscule amounts it's a non-issue.

The problem with tap water is fluoride and salt. A great many people that wind up with excess salt that forms as white crust always blame something else but typically it's caused by using tap water.

Generally speaking, regular tap water shouldn't be used for those two reasons: fluoride and salts. It just has too much of both. A regular three stage particulate filter with de-ionizer cartridge in the last tank would be a big step in the right direction.

I need to clarify my previous post. If you're brewing teas like worm compost tea you wouldn't want to use water right out of the tap because the disinfecting properties of the chlorine can inhibit the initial microbial growth. But it won't kill microbes already in the soil at the typical amounts in tap water.

TacoMac said:

Chlorine isn't the problem with tap water. It's there in such minuscule amounts it's a non-issue.

The problem with tap water is fluoride and salt. A great many people that wind up with excess salt that forms as white crust always blame something else but typically it's caused by using tap water.

Generally speaking, regular tap water shouldn't be used for those two reasons: fluoride and salts. It just has too much of both. A regular three stage particulate filter with de-ionizer cartridge in the last tank would be a big step in the right direction.

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That also depends on where you live and the source of your water supply. Here in Portland they don't fluoridate the water. And according to the most recent water quality report from April less than 0.025 ppm was detected in the drinking water. The sodium level was 3.2 ppm's. But not everyone has the high quality tap water like we do here in Portland. It's good enough for all the microbreweries, it's good enough for growing cannabis. Best thing to do is look at a copy of the water quality report for your area so you know what's actually in it. If you're on your own well a water quality report would be a good idea to get as well so you know what you're pumping out of the ground. There are things much more dangerous than sodium that could have leeched into the water table you're drawing from.

Portland provides a detailed triannual water quality analysis. These reports might be harder to get in other parts of the country.

Nothing wrong with this water.

https://www.portlandoregon.gov/water/article/643100

I just got this a couple weeks ago and its reduced the chlorine and chloromine in my tap water significantly. Im in Orange County CA and our tap/hose water has allot of chlorine/chloromine in it. Its been that way for a couple decades now and it doesnt seem to be hurting anything in the ground but you never know with things like teas, so to keep my microbes healthy, I invested 30 or 40 bucks into a RV filter, a inline hose carbon filter. You just screw on end of hose or use the supplied attachment to put on faucet or spigot at wall. I use mine at end of the hose, its pretty easy.

I linked ebay just because thats where I bought it but you dont have to. For reference only

https://www.ebay.com/itm/RV-Water-Filter-2-Pack-Inline-Filter-Under-Sink-Drinking-Water-Maker-Safe-NEW/143242839755?ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649

Here in Tampa, we still pay to kill our IQ levels by drinking the fluorinated tap.
Also my mother and I were just discussing this yesterday.

We have got pretty much rain everyday for 2 weeks now. All the new growth on her tomatoes, palms, plumerias. Pretty much all of her plants on the back porch.
Look great since the rains
You can most definitely tell the difference between growth from pure rain water,and from old chlorinated tap growth.

I’ll snap a few pictures to show the difference today. Unless I’m a complete idiot and don’t know my plant deficiencies .

The tomatoes leaves are dark green with burn spots all randomly over it. The cannabis has white spots all over every leaf.
Other then the new discovery of spider mites. Don’t see any other issues that it could be

Are you sure that your hose is connected to the water line tap and not a separate saline groundwater line?

Don_Sequitor said:

Are you sure that your hose is connected to the water line tap and not a separate saline groundwater line?

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Is the sarcasm towards me? Lol
What makes you think that?

Yes the hose is city water not reclaimed or anything of the sort.

I do know when refilling the koi pond and fish tank inside we must use the solution from the pet store to keep the fish from going belly up

MrX2017 said:

Here in Tampa, we still pay to kill our IQ levels by drinking the fluorinated tap.
Also my mother and I were just discussing this yesterday.

We have got pretty much rain everyday for 2 weeks now. All the new growth on her tomatoes, palms, plumerias. Pretty much all of her plants on the back porch.
Look great since the rains
You can most definitely tell the difference between growth from pure rain water,and from old chlorinated tap growth.

I’ll snap a few pictures to show the difference today. Unless I’m a complete idiot and don’t know my plant deficiencies .

The tomatoes leaves are dark green with burn spots all randomly over it. The cannabis has white spots all over every leaf.
Other then the new discovery of spider mites. Don’t see any other issues that it could be

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You know there's a lot of fluoride in tea, right? Even when prepared with non-fluoridated water.

My dad is always careful not to spray tap water on tomato leaves. He says that they've known for decades that there's something in or about it that damages tomato leaves.

CanadianJim said:

You know there's a lot of fluoride in tea, right? Even when prepared with non-fluoridated water.

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Tea? Like green tea I drink?

Or fert tea are you referring to?

Like the tea you drink. A lot of the people campaigning to have fluoride removed from tap water are chugging it down without being aware of it.

CanadianJim said:

Like the tea you drink. A lot of the people campaigning to have fluoride removed from tap water are chugging it down without being aware of it.

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Very interesting. I’m going to look into this.
Haven’t heard this before

MrX2017 said:

Very interesting. I’m going to look into this.
Haven’t heard this before

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Jeff Holiday has a video about it on youtube. There are also scholarly articles on the subject that are searchable on google, but I find his videos more entertaining.

try a table spoon of vitamin c powder then aerate with air stones for 10 minutes takes the chlorine out like nothing, if you cant get vitamin c powder aerate with stoned for 24hrs

john wishmyer said:

try a table spoon of vitamin c powder then aerate with air stones for 10 minutes takes the chlorine out like nothing, if you cant get vitamin c powder aerate with stoned for 24hrs

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Sodium thiosulfate neutralized Cl2 residual instantly. You might need a few minutes of contact time for chloramine. Titrations are used determine dosage.

Am I the only one who's city water PH is like 8-8.5? they do this to stop pipes from corroding, too low it will leach. Also, been thinking of ph adjusting it to 7 and if you aerate it it just goes back up. The O2 displaces the CO in the water raising ph..... Just strange I never noticed this in the past.

Backyard dirt said:

Any other city slickers dechlorinate their water? I just picked up some inline filters that provide good flow and claim to reduce chlorine greatly. Since I'm in the summer arid west and I rely on irrigation I thought it might be worth a try to eliminate the chlorine and stop killing the top layer of soil micro organisms. Time will tell.

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Bd,
Ya...I do. When I moved to a new location 3 years ago...I had a freshly purchased cheapo RO unit. Water was only 80 ppm so I just stripped off the RO parts and run the carbon filters to remove chlorine and chloramine. I am assuming it works since I have no way to test it..
JD