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To: Principle Over Politics; redgolum

If for some reason bleach has to be added, for instance if the container or the water was dubious, the chlorine will evaporate in 24 hours. I used to fill gallon glass jars with tap water, put a clean kitchen towel on to keep dust and bugs out, and in 24 hours the horrible bleach taste was gone. I usually had several jars lined up every day.


366 posted on 08/26/2011 3:51:58 PM PDT by little jeremiah (Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point. CSLewis)
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To: little jeremiah; Principle Over Politics
Also be careful about using old milk jugs. Never had much luck with them for drinking water. The milk smell (and rotten milk smell) stays in them for a while.

LJ is right, the bleach will react away within a few days. Don't need much, but you should do some for the same reason cities use sodium hypo-chlorate (bleach) for water treatment.

408 posted on 08/26/2011 4:36:55 PM PDT by redgolum ("God is dead" -- Nietzsche. "Nietzsche is dead" -- God.)
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Bleach can evaporate from a closed container with no air in it?


532 posted on 08/26/2011 7:36:09 PM PDT by Principle Over Politics (Even the hapless Joe Biden would harm the country less than 0bozo. Impeach NOW)
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