[Summit] more water chemistry

[Breslers]

The law for safe drinking water is 8.5, max  Providence must have an
exemption- probably because we have some solid lead pipes.
In the summer the water has actually tested out at 10.3.
I seem to remember hearing they are trying to lower it some.

You are right pH is logarithmic, but I sure wouldn't want to drink something
that was even "only" the equivalent of a cup of water with a table spoon of
ammonia in it.
We buy bottled water. (Of course then there is the plastic...sigh)

And by-the-way, regular chlorination rapidly looses it's potency as the pH
goes up past 7.5.  By pH 8 it is pretty useless;  that is why a heavily
chlorinated pool can still be unsanitary- if the pH is too far off the
chlorine won't help.

So what wonder-chemical are they putting in our drinking water to make it
safe at pH 10?  It still smells of chlorine...  Or do they treat the water
with chlorine first, & adjust the pH last, as it goes in the water pipes--
and hope nothing tries to grow in it between the time it leaves the water
treatment plant till it gets into our homes?

Water safety is serious business. (I worked as a licensed pool chemist for a
while) And we have so little control over our limited choices.

Elianna




On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 8:12 PM, Theresa Mathiesen <elvamath at gmail.com>wrote:

> I believe that the pH scale is logarithmic, not linear, so a pH of 10.1
> isn't as close to 11 as it sounds.  (It still might be too high -- I just
> don't know.)
>
> -- Elva
>
> On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 7:57 PM, Breslers <breslerfamily at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> oh dear...among other things-
>>
>> Distilled whatever is NOT acidic!  It is neutral (pH 7).  And slightly
>> acidic water is actually natural & healthier than alkaline as far as I
>> know.  Pure rain water, in a non-polluted environment, is usually about pH
>> 6 (slightly acid).
>> The 10.1 pH of Providence water is ghastly (ammonia is 11) but it is set
>> that way to avoid dissolving the lead in our pipes.
>>
>> There seem to be plenty good points in this bulletin, but beware-- the
>> internet is full of people who think they have ALL the answers, and seek to
>> take advantage of all of our vulnerabilities
>>
>> May you have a complete healing,  Marco, and soon!, but watch out for
>> selfish people who will try to take advantage of you by telling you they
>> know what is best for you. Unfortunately this stuff takes endless cross
>> checking...
>>
>> Elianna
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 2:44 PM, marco pereira <markenid2004 at yahoo.com>wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>           *John Hopkins*
>>>
>>> *Good article *
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *
>>> AFTER YEARS OF TELLING PEOPLE CHEMOTHERAPY IS THE ONLY WAY TO TRY ('TRY',
>>> BEING THE KEY WORD) TO ELIMINATE CANCER, JOHNS HOPKINS IS FINALLY
>>> STARTING TO TELL YOU THERE IS AN ALTERNATIVE WAY . *
>>>
>>>
>>
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