Recent content by rappinkapc

Thanks for all the replies. I was curious and bought some water test strips from a pet/aquarium store. The baseline reading (straight from the tap) was lower than I expected. It was only about 0.25 ppm, which is less than the 0.94 ppm reported by my water district. There is not really much...

Thanks. Has anyone tried the "let it sit out" method? What were the results? If no one really knows, maybe it would be a good experiment for me to get some test strips and test the chlorine levels of water straight out of the tap, after sitting overnight, from the brita filter, and maybe...

Look... Obviously there are lots of ways to get water without chlorine in it. I would appreciate if someone tried to answer the original question as to whether leaving water out overnight will be sufficient to remove chlorine. As for buying water... I was trying to use a method that would...

I guess my main reason for not using campden tablets in this batch is that I am making an organic beer from a 7 bridges kit. So... I would like to keep as many non-organic ingredients out of the beer as I can. I guess I would consider using camden tablets if everyone really thought that...

True... I tried that once with my Brita. But, (A) it takes a long time to filter 7 gallons of water, (B) according to Brita "For maximum efficiency, filter no more than 2 gallons daily", (C) I would guess that would shorten the life of the filter, which is expensive (and wasteful) to replace...

I checked with my local water district, and they still use chlorine as a disinfectant to treat the water, not chloramines. I'd rather not use Campden tablets if they're unnecessary. However, there seems to be mixed advice about whether it is necessary to boil the water a day in advance to...