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| Construction for the Chloramination Process |
| 100% Complete as of 6/27/2005 |
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Beginning June 27, 2005 the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-VPI Water Authority changed its method of disinfecting drinking water, from free chlorine to chloramination, a process in which ammonia is added to chlorinated water. The change was made to continue to comply with increasingly stringent federal and state regulations on levels of disinfection by-products (DBPs) in drinking water.
What does that mean to you?
Chloramination can affect the way people treat disinfected water. Specifically, two groups of people will need to take special care with chloraminated water: kidney dialysis patients and owners of fish, other aquatic animals and reptiles (including owners of lobster tanks at grocery stores and restaurants).
For further information about this change, follow the following links:
For technical information, see the following:
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