Chloramine Reduction -- What Are the Issues?

Chloramine Now Makes Its Move from Water to Food Supply

Read through headlines in any newspaper. Chloramine use to sanitize drinking water is on the agenda for townships and metropolitan areas alike. From Millinocket, Maine to Los Angeles County, California the battle continues with the chlorine/chloramine debate. Many water utilities have made the switch from chlorine to the chlorine + ammonia compound. With this change in formula, comes the necessity to treat drinking water in a more complex way.

It’s not just about carbon block -- that’s not even half the story. To reduce chloramine is to use catalytic carbon adsorption in combination of reverse-osmosis and the addition of ultraviolet (UV) light to reduce Trihalomethanes (THMs) a resultant byproduct formed when organic matter in the water combines with chlorine. These filtration processes make treatment a more complex and expensive prospect. 

Paragon Water Systems and its American Carbon Block division can work with you on the drinking water solution for reducing chloramine levels. This is especially important for people with compromised immune systems.

And now the final question --  will the use of chloramines go even further? The answer came on May 6, 2014 from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The FDA officially approved Halamid® Aqua (a.k.a. Chloramine-T) as a therapeutic drug for use in fish aquaculture (hatcheries) to “control mortality” of salmonids plus “walleye and all freshwater-reared warm water finfish” (American Fisheries Society).

Contact us today for more information about reducing chloramine:

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