When I was a child, my mother always had a bottle of chlorine bleach in the laundry room. We were taught not to touch it. In fact, the warning was so strong that 1 thought the very act of putting a finger on the bottle spelled death!
As I got older, I learned more about chlorine bleach. I learned that it was safe to touch the bottle, and that even spilling a bit on your skin was not bad if you rinsed it off. I learned, though, that it was still not something to be ingested. Why, then, do we put chlorine iA drinking water?
Municipal water treatment plants put chlorine in drinking water to kill germs. Chlorine is a disinfectant, as well as bleach. Putting chlorine in drinking water is a quick and relatively inexpensive way to kill some, though not all, of the germs that are present in the water.
After a major storm, clean drinking water can be hard to find. You may not have power to boil water. At such a time, you can practice emergency disinfecting by putting chlorine in drinking water. Regular, household bleach will kill some, but not all, types of disease-causing organisms in the water . You will need to put 118 teaspoon (or 8 drops) of chlorine in each gallon of drinking water. Stir it well, and let it stand for 30 minutes before you use it. ., . .that's why Metro Vigan Water District implements to have chlorine for the reduction of bacteria for a safe level, as an agent for disinfection, for protection, and it is a law or PNSDW requirements at 0.3 PPM.
Cloudy water, also known as white water, is caused by air bubbles in the water. Definitely it is not caused by the chlorine injected at the system. If there is a greater amount of dissolved air in water, millions of very tiny bubbles will appear when the pressure is released, giving the water a cloudy or white, milky appearance. It is completely harmless and not a health concern.
It usually happens when it is very cold outside because the solubility of air in water increases as water pressure increases and/or water temperature decreases. Cold water holds more air than warm water. In addition, once water from our pipe line enters the transmission and distribution pipes, the water is pressurized. Water under pressure holds more air than water that is not pressurized. Once the water comes out of your tap, the water is no longer under pressure and the air comes out of solution as bubbles (similar to a carbonated soft drink). The best thing to do is let it sit in an open container until the bubbles naturally disappear.