Chlorine injector line
Chlorine injector line
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Is it normal to hook the Chlorine injector line to piping after the holding tank and the chlorination pump is activated by a flow meter looks like a cob job? Is it not the norm to inject Chlorine directly into the holding tank? What is the down side to hooking the chlorination line into the holding tank feed line? So that the chlorine is injected into the water before going into the tank.





RE: Chlorine injector line
Sitting around in a tank it'll have to much time to react with other things. Clorine is best used freshly mixed.
What would you be doing, if you knew that you could not fail?
RE: Chlorine injector line
http://10statesstandards.com/waterstandards.html#4.3
RE: Chlorine injector line
RE: Chlorine injector line
What would you be doing, if you knew that you could not fail?
RE: Chlorine injector line
Your initial post lacked details to understand just what you are trying to accomplish.
If you have a water reservoir, then yes you should chlorinate prior to the water entering reservoir. Keeping the water reservoir chlorinated will improve the disinfection process through providing some contact time.
http://www.aeespfoundation.org/publications/pdf/AEESP_CS_5.pdf
RE: Chlorine injector line
However, chlorine takes time to be effective, and the length of time depends on the chlorine dose, temperature, and pH of the water. Google "CT disinfection" to learn more about this. If holding time is short, it better to add chlorine before the holding tank to allow time for the chlorine to react.
And in some cases, you may want to inject chlorine in both locations - before the tank to prevent biological activity in the tank, and after the tank to compensate for chlorine losses due to a long holding time.
RE: Chlorine injector line
One would not have to chlorinate after the water storage tank unless the storage volume exceeds 2-3 days holding time. Since this is such a small tank, one would not think this is possible.