Q being right again...2 years later.
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Sorry its 1:1 with NaOH, but 1:10 to neutralize HCL in water which gives you what a ph of 7? But thats a typo that i will correct.
If NaOH completely disassociates in water then it would never make it out of the plant, which is my point. You have the disinfection stage, then filtration, sedimentation and settling, a chemical coagulation and further settling, aeration, etc etc.
Thats all before it joins the rest of the city water and pumped into a tower, before returning down to city pipes then to your house. It would come in contact with millions of gallons of water and loads of heavy metals along the way from zinc coated steel pipes and lead.
I have a little bit of a chemistry background and worked a water treatment plat for few years in my youth so no need for the condescending tone.
To me this seemed more like an attack on the plant itself then an attempt to poison the water supply. It probably made one hell of a show at the plant when they introduced all that NaOH to water.
Yea, very exothermic reactions.
That's just not how it works. I am going to assume when you say HCl you mean a 1 molar solution of HCl. Or maybe you mean a 0.1M solution. Maybe a 0.1M solution (which is already a reasonably low concentration) mixed 10:1 with water would make it sufficiently not acidic to burn you. I'd have to do the math on that, but ya, maybe.
The main problem is, you know literally nothing about basic chemistry. I'm sorry, but its true. I will concede that your final story on NaOH in the water is true, but it also aligns exactly with everything I have said to help you elaborate to this point, so.. There it is.
We agree. Don't consume NaOH or HCl. Ever. If you ever get any on you, wash it off IMMEDIATELY (both will literally melt your face off). However, if a little of it is in your water from the water treatment plant, by the time it gets to your house it is neutralized and you don't have to worry about it.