tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026388813549546015.post3222266025818578353..comments2023-07-24T08:27:35.819-06:00Comments on Cover Stories: Brighton begins utilizing water from ThorntonUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026388813549546015.post-10856327497501997872010-06-23T09:29:28.258-06:002010-06-23T09:29:28.258-06:00Chloramine's disinfection ability is far infer...Chloramine's disinfection ability is far inferior to chlorine's. Actually, the type of chloramine they use to disinfect water is called monochloramine. There are two other kinds of chloramine, which are even less effective disinfectants and far more toxic, and water systems have to try to make sure that none of the monochloramine turns into either of these as the water wends its way through pipes and then sits in your home plumbing: dichloramine and trichloramine. Because of the chemistry of chloramine, however, where there is monochloramine, there is always at least a little dichloramine and trichloramine present as well. There can be more dichloramine and trichloramine present in the water, depending on the pH, water temperature and aerosolization of the water (like in a shower). It is very hard for water utilities to make sure the kind of chloramine is monochloramine where they do have control over it. It's anyone's guess what's going on with it in your home plumbing. The powers-that-be say that none of this is anything to worry about. I beg to differ... <br /><br /><br />The World Health Organization says in its Guidelines for Drinking Water Quality Vol.2, 1996, Chapter 16, “Monochloramine is about 2000 and 100 000 times less effective than free chlorine [regular old chlorine] for the inactivation of E.coli and rotaviruses respectively. Monochloramine cannot therefore be relied upon as a primary disinfectant."<br /><br />Why monochloramibe is being used as a primary disinfectant there is beyond me. But then, after all the health effects chloramine is apparently causing all over U.S., including in my water district where 250+ people have reported respiratory, skin and/or digestive symptoms to a citizens group, People Concerned About Chloramine, in my water district since the switch to chloramine as a *secondary* disinfectant, why they would use monochloramine at all is beyond my comprehension.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00352194859843722623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026388813549546015.post-7900921385177291182010-06-23T08:59:00.680-06:002010-06-23T08:59:00.680-06:00As cities across the country switch to chloramine ...As cities across the country switch to chloramine as a tap water disinfectant, citizens have been experiencing moderate to severe respiratory, digestive and/or skin symptoms. For more info. go here: chloramine.org.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00352194859843722623noreply@blogger.com