Chlorine has been the number one
disinfectant for safe drinking water. It came into the limelight during the
1900s when in the hurricane struck areas, clean drinking water was required in
a short period of time. Chlorine brought the revolution by eliminating typhoid,
cholera, dysentery and other ailments which were otherwise killing thousands of
people.
Chlorination is basically adding
chlorine gas or sodium hypochlorite to water that dissociates into hydrogen and
hypochlorite ions. It works on contact basis, where it oxidizes the cell
membrane, and the free chlorine ions enter the ruptured cells stopping cellular
respiration and DNA activity, resulting in microbial death.
However effective the process of
chlorination is, it requires timely de-chlorination for the water to be
available to the consumers. De-chlorination with Sodium Metabisulphite (smbs)
or Activated Carbon is necessary so that the final outflow of water contains
less than 3 ppm of sodium hypochlorite. It is important to look for a
friendlier hassle-free solution, which perfectly places silver hydrogen
peroxide on full throttle.
Silver Hydrogen Peroxide is an
eco-friendly broad spectrum disinfectant, effective on a wide range of
microorganisms including protozoan cysts & fungal endospores which are left
unharmed in chlorination. It works against biofilms and slimes in closed
pipeline systems, in spite of being noncorrosive in nature. Silver Hydrogen
Peroxide breaks down into water and oxygen with no THM or any other residue. It
lacks the pungent odour of chlorine and does not alter the taste and smell of
water. It works on a short contact time, requiring a much lesser time for
disinfection. Chlorine usually takes 20 minutes, excluding the other hassles of
de-chlorination, etc. The process of disinfection is even simpler for this
product, just addition of raw silver hydrogen peroxide to water and ensuring a
good contact time is enough for safer water. FDA has approved the usage of
Silver Hydrogen Peroxide in drinking water up to a concentration of 25 ppm.
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