justugh
Well-Known Member
ok i guess it is a shock ........City water contains chemicals in the water that are bad for the plants ( water treatment plants /pump stations/ (note a second water treatment where break down sewage to the point it can be put back into there system once the chemicals are right lvls .....tested and what ever is off in chemical mix for their area more is added in to that section of the works )
depending on where and how old the city original construction was 120-80 old buried cast iron pipe 24 20 18 16 12 8 6 in pipes all over the place under ground .......the only time they do any major work on the system is to replace a rupture pipe .......and even that is mostly a patch job( remove pipe on both sides to make sure have a strong reattachment ...pipes get a robot for a inspection normally to a main transfer point or closest T/Y ....if any major spots are found they fix that puncture too ....other wise they slip a plastic/rubber liner down it it ......it is really kind of cool they use air compressor to make the fill up and press against the walls getting a much straighter water flow
so Herbicides are added in to keep that Tap root that breaks in from growing into a root that will break the pipe
mess with your plants
2 ways of doing it
1 is a hose filter active carbon
2 way is evaporation......as they are chemicals they do not completely bind with the water ........fill a bath tub with the hottest water u can ( take a smell smells like chemical sci lab) and let the water cool down to air temp ( smell it again most if not all the chemical smell should be gone for it escaping into the air at a faster rate do to the water temp .........note there is a 2nd method Water Jugs (look like milk jugs but can never be a milk jug u can never 100% clean them and things will grow in water ) .....well take that jug fill with hot/warm water cap and place the jug somewhere gets good amount of direct sunlight with a nice warm breeze ( 24 hours like that the water will be clean and usable ......those jugs have a 8% exchange the chemicals will flow out and u will see oxygen bubbles form inside ....given it is in direct sunlight)
if u do large 30 40 50 60 gallon water pots for feed mix it is best to get the filter to do that much water it is going to require a pump to keep the water cycling so the sun has time to do its thing for u ....other wise logic would say 2 or 3 days of it in the sun before use(thermals in the water will mix same idea with Sun tea brewing)
if u are freaked out it is a matter of public record what is being add into the public system u can get a list of everything and the PPM ratings they should be at variable
depending on where and how old the city original construction was 120-80 old buried cast iron pipe 24 20 18 16 12 8 6 in pipes all over the place under ground .......the only time they do any major work on the system is to replace a rupture pipe .......and even that is mostly a patch job( remove pipe on both sides to make sure have a strong reattachment ...pipes get a robot for a inspection normally to a main transfer point or closest T/Y ....if any major spots are found they fix that puncture too ....other wise they slip a plastic/rubber liner down it it ......it is really kind of cool they use air compressor to make the fill up and press against the walls getting a much straighter water flow
so Herbicides are added in to keep that Tap root that breaks in from growing into a root that will break the pipe
mess with your plants
2 ways of doing it
1 is a hose filter active carbon
2 way is evaporation......as they are chemicals they do not completely bind with the water ........fill a bath tub with the hottest water u can ( take a smell smells like chemical sci lab) and let the water cool down to air temp ( smell it again most if not all the chemical smell should be gone for it escaping into the air at a faster rate do to the water temp .........note there is a 2nd method Water Jugs (look like milk jugs but can never be a milk jug u can never 100% clean them and things will grow in water ) .....well take that jug fill with hot/warm water cap and place the jug somewhere gets good amount of direct sunlight with a nice warm breeze ( 24 hours like that the water will be clean and usable ......those jugs have a 8% exchange the chemicals will flow out and u will see oxygen bubbles form inside ....given it is in direct sunlight)
if u do large 30 40 50 60 gallon water pots for feed mix it is best to get the filter to do that much water it is going to require a pump to keep the water cycling so the sun has time to do its thing for u ....other wise logic would say 2 or 3 days of it in the sun before use(thermals in the water will mix same idea with Sun tea brewing)
if u are freaked out it is a matter of public record what is being add into the public system u can get a list of everything and the PPM ratings they should be at variable
