ML:

I'm pretty sure Chlorine is very seldom used for drinking water purification anymore, due to the side products BC mentioned and one related chemical he didn't mention, Carbon Tetrachloride. One process I have heard mentioned which is (was?) used (post-Chlorine era) to kill bacteria is some kind of "super-oxygenation." However, as a well-water user whose wife has been getting bottled water for drinking since the kids came along (chiefly for controlled rather than wildly fluctuating flourine levels, which can cause visible striations in growing teeth per our Dentist), I really don't know too much about recent developments.


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