Backyard Aquaponics
A place to discuss aquaponics

Chloramine is a disinfectant put into many municipal water supplies. In recent years it has often replaced chlorine for two main reasons. The first is that it is much longer lasting, so it continues to provide a disinfectant action in supply pipes, where chlorine typically loses its capacity to disinfect. The second is that it does not react with organics nearly as readily as does chlorine. The reaction products of chlorine and organics (chlorinated organics) are very toxic to people, and water supply operators elect to use chloramine to reduce this toxicity.

Unfortunately for aquarists, dealing with chloramine in tap water is not as easy as dealing with chlorine. The chlorine in tap water can be eliminated just by letting the water sit for a few days prior to use. This is not the case for chloramine, and aquarists MUST take active steps to eliminate it.

Wish I had a dollar for every time I saw this topic being discussed....

Our socialist government had a brilliant idea of giving people rebates to buy water tanks. So lots of people went and bought small backyard tanks to "save water".
I agree with saving water, just not socialism

my point was not silly or paranoid though, every new form of higher taxes and government handouts or social benefit IS another incremental step towards more socialism, if you're interested I'm always up for a healthy debate

I think you really mean "collectivism"... not socialiasm...

Ineptocracy (in-ep-toc'-ra-cy) - A system of government where the least capable to lead are elected by the least capable of achieving, and where the members of society least likely to succeed or even to sustain themselves, are abundantly rewarded with goods and services paid for by the confiscated wealth of a diminishing number of producers.