Chloramines are formed by combining ammonia with chlorine. The purpose is to reduce the amount of disinfection byproducts (DBPs)when chlorine alone is used. Chlorine combines with organic material in the presence of sunlight to create the byproducts like haloacetic acids and trihalomethanes. Supposedly the DBPs might cause adverse health effects in some people. Unfortunately, Chloramines are less effective as a disinfectant and produce their own byproducts. One problem with the use of Chloramines is that the biofilm growth on the inside of water mains is not hindered as with chlorine, so water companies must switch to chlorine and use a higher than normal dose of chlorine to kill off the biofilm.
Another problem with Chloramines is that as the longer the water sits, the more the chloramines breakdown and causes the water to nitrify. Nitrates in the water restrict the uptake of oxygen in the blood stream. Look up blue baby syndrome and water nitrification.
Except they don't! Do some reading mate, you have to use RO methods to completely get rid of the shit. Carbon filtering doesn't even remove it all, and boiling/distilling even less. This shit will kill my very expensive fish, and letting water "sit for 10 minutes" does nothing. You have to add chemicals to the water to neutralize the chlorine and hard water components. Water softeners/agers DO NOT deal with CHLORAMINE! I have fish worth $800 each, and this shit will kill them! Pretty sure I know more about water quality than the average person... more than familiar with nitrates and nitrites, ammonia and other poisons in water, and the effects on living things.
Sorry, I missed what you meant when you said 'Except they don't!'
I do not like Chloramines. It is a far worse disinfectant than sodium hypochlorite or calcium hypochlorite or chlorine gas. Much more difficult to operate a water system using chloramines than the chlorine options. Chlorine is easier to remove for people with fish tanks as well. We started getting many complaints of 'fish kills' after we switched to Chloramines. It was a multi billion dollar conversion for our water system will not real benefit, except the regulators were happy.
Chloramines are formed by combining ammonia with chlorine. The purpose is to reduce the amount of disinfection byproducts (DBPs)when chlorine alone is used. Chlorine combines with organic material in the presence of sunlight to create the byproducts like haloacetic acids and trihalomethanes. Supposedly the DBPs might cause adverse health effects in some people. Unfortunately, Chloramines are less effective as a disinfectant and produce their own byproducts. One problem with the use of Chloramines is that the biofilm growth on the inside of water mains is not hindered as with chlorine, so water companies must switch to chlorine and use a higher than normal dose of chlorine to kill off the biofilm. Another problem with Chloramines is that as the longer the water sits, the more the chloramines breakdown and causes the water to nitrify. Nitrates in the water restrict the uptake of oxygen in the blood stream. Look up blue baby syndrome and water nitrification.
Except they don't! Do some reading mate, you have to use RO methods to completely get rid of the shit. Carbon filtering doesn't even remove it all, and boiling/distilling even less. This shit will kill my very expensive fish, and letting water "sit for 10 minutes" does nothing. You have to add chemicals to the water to neutralize the chlorine and hard water components. Water softeners/agers DO NOT deal with CHLORAMINE! I have fish worth $800 each, and this shit will kill them! Pretty sure I know more about water quality than the average person... more than familiar with nitrates and nitrites, ammonia and other poisons in water, and the effects on living things.
Sorry, I missed what you meant when you said 'Except they don't!' I do not like Chloramines. It is a far worse disinfectant than sodium hypochlorite or calcium hypochlorite or chlorine gas. Much more difficult to operate a water system using chloramines than the chlorine options. Chlorine is easier to remove for people with fish tanks as well. We started getting many complaints of 'fish kills' after we switched to Chloramines. It was a multi billion dollar conversion for our water system will not real benefit, except the regulators were happy.
Yeah my bad I think I hit reply on you and replied to someone else's comment, lol. That'll teach me for not paying attention xD
Hahaha, Yes I'm guilty of that as well. Cheers!