[MR] Fwd: care with accusations Re: Pennsic Water Challenge

[Logan]

ooops, should have been "shoot an arc"

regards
logan

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-----Original Message-----
From: atlantia-bounces at seahorse.atlantia.sca.org
[mailto:atlantia-bounces at seahorse.atlantia.sca.org] On Behalf Of Logan
Sent: Sunday, July 17, 2011 8:13 AM
To: atlantia at seahorse.atlantia.sca.org
Subject: Re: [MR] Fwd: care with accusations Re: Pennsic Water Challenge

its a portable turbidity tester, not for anything specific.  two electrodes
shoot an arch and it tests resistance (if i remember the explanation
correctly).  when my partner and i built our water purification store it was
a piece of equipment that was suggested by the company that built our
filtration and storage tanks.  we tested charlotte city water before and
after running it through our equipment.  since we ran two reverse osmosis
filters the water would always be around 1ppm since few things are smaller
than one micron.  gases and fecal coliform were removed via the charcoal i
guess and bacteria via the uv bath.  and something removed the fluoride,
just dont recall what it was.  ;^)

the meter was about 6" long by 1" square if that helps.

regards
logan

"I never did give them hell. I just told the truth, and they thought it was
hell." 
Harry S Truman
"If an injury has to be done to a man it should be so severe that his
vengeance need not be feared"
Niccolo Machiavelli
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-----Original Message-----
From: atlantia-bounces at seahorse.atlantia.sca.org
[mailto:atlantia-bounces at seahorse.atlantia.sca.org] On Behalf Of Craig
Sent: Sunday, July 17, 2011 7:29 AM
To: atlantia at seahorse.atlantia.sca.org
Subject: Re: [MR] Fwd: care with accusations Re: Pennsic Water Challenge

Your Grace,
As an analytical chemist who has been involved in testing drinking water for
20 years, may I ask what contaminant you tested for that resulted in a
greater than 400ppm reading?

-Cian

On 7/16/2011 7:52 PM, Logan wrote:

>
> some folks can drink well water without issue.  heck ive been to 
> haiti, where the water is infested with giardia, and they drink it all 
> the time without issue.  my caution has to do with folks that are not 
> used to well water, bad city water, or any other water with a 
> turbidity level as high as the water at coopers lake which stains 
> everything.  can you bleach it to make it safe?  sure.  is it unsafe 
> (as in bacteria that would cause health issues in healthy adults?) 
> probably not.  i tested it a few years ago and its contaminant level 
> was above 400ppm (my meter only went to 400ppm).  for a reference 
> charlotte city water (which is nasty) was at 34ppm and aquafina (and
> lebleu) both came in at 1ppm.  harris teeter (grocery chain) was a 
> admirable mention with their "purified water" in gallon jugs at 2ppm 
> and only .89 per gallon.  its probably cheaper for most folks to just 
> buy purified water in town for the week than to buy bleach.  of course 
> if youre used to well water none of this matters but if you live in a 
> city and drink municipal water you should stay clear of the water at
pennsic.  or not.......
>
>
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