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Re:Hacker increased chemical level at Oldsmar's city water s... by Gibbon1 on Monday February 08, 2021 @10:54PM (#26073607)
Small tidbit, ascorbic acid kills chlorine and chloroamine.
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Re:Hacker increased chemical level at Oldsmar's city water s... by loeg on Tuesday February 09, 2021 @12:19AM (#26074175)
You can also just let the water sit and the chlorine will evaporate out.
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Re:Hacker increased chemical level at Oldsmar's city water s... by Gibbon1 on Tuesday February 09, 2021 @04:10AM (#26075377)
True with Chlorine, chloroamine not as much.
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Re:Hacker increased chemical level at Oldsmar's city water s... by loeg on Tuesday February 09, 2021 @11:43AM (#26079558)
Sure; I did not say otherwise. Seattle (where OP lives) does not use chloramine.

> You might hear about different forms of chlorine. Seattle's water system uses "free chlorine" (not chloramines).

http://www.seattle.gov/utilities/your-services/water/water-s...

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