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Post by Deleted on Apr 2, 2015 13:19:58 GMT
I have 55 gal. plastic rain barrels on every building on the farm. They are used mostly to water the stock. I would like to treat them but all of the web searching has given little info on how much chlorine to use. I read one place to use 2 oz. per barrel. Anyone have experience with this, does that sound about right?
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Post by Cabin Fever on Apr 2, 2015 13:34:47 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Apr 2, 2015 13:53:25 GMT
That would be correct CF. Somehow I new you would be the one to know this stuff.  Thanks for the link, don't no why, with all the searching I did, I never came across that one. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 2, 2015 14:51:14 GMT
I have 55 gal. plastic rain barrels on every building on the farm. They are used mostly to water the stock. I would like to treat them but all of the web searching has given little info on how much chlorine to use. I read one place to use 2 oz. per barrel. Anyone have experience with this, does that sound about right? Why would you need to treat rain water? My stock will drink it first without regard to foreign material such as leaves and dirt. I am told deer prefer muddy water to clear water. |
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Post by Muller's Lane Farm on Apr 2, 2015 15:34:54 GMT
 bleach/chlorine soil/dirt  <--- there is a halo over that emoticon j/k!! |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 2, 2015 18:37:46 GMT
I have 55 gal. plastic rain barrels on every building on the farm. They are used mostly to water the stock. I would like to treat them but all of the web searching has given little info on how much chlorine to use. I read one place to use 2 oz. per barrel. Anyone have experience with this, does that sound about right? Why would you need to treat rain water? My stock will drink it first without regard to foreign material such as leaves and dirt. I am told deer prefer muddy water to clear water. For human use in an emergency. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 2, 2015 18:39:40 GMT
bleach/chlorine soil/dirt <--- there is a halo over that emoticon j/k!! It's not nice to poke fun at 'mother nature'..er...I mean Cabin Fever.  |
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Post by Muller's Lane Farm on Apr 2, 2015 18:57:46 GMT
I know .... he can be a grouch ..... and he has big firearms ....  |
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Post by Muller's Lane Farm on Apr 2, 2015 19:18:09 GMT
I know .... he can be a grouch ..... and he has big firearms .... inappropriate language here Ha! I know Wind in Her Hair 's secret Just show her the fiber! |
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Post by Bear Foot Farm on Apr 2, 2015 19:27:06 GMT
I wouldn't bother to treat it UNTIL there is an emergency, and then you can just treat what you need for human use.
The only other reason to treat it continually would be to control algae
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Post by Deleted on Apr 2, 2015 19:31:54 GMT
I wouldn't bother to treat it UNTIL there is an emergency, and then you can just treat what you need for human use. The only other reason to treat it continually would be to control algae Yea, that's one of the problems. The barrels are white, without treating algae will stop up the lines. |
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Post by Bear Foot Farm on Apr 2, 2015 23:53:12 GMT
In that case I think I'd consider painting the barrels a dark color and using a copper based algaecide
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Post by Cabin Fever on Apr 2, 2015 23:56:39 GMT
bleach/chlorine soil/dirt <--- there is a halo over that emoticon j/k!! It's not nice to poke fun at 'mother nature'..er...I mean Cabin Fever. In this case, "dirt" was appropriate. "Soil" is living and without it, iife is not possible! |
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Post by snoozy on Apr 3, 2015 4:13:04 GMT
Hey, cabin! How much bleach is too much for a septic system? (Ooh! This is my 50th post -- I'm a two-star general! ) |
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Post by Cabin Fever on Apr 3, 2015 14:08:57 GMT
Hey, cabin! How much bleach is too much for a septic system? (Ooh! This is my 50th post -- I'm a two-star general! ) I am not really sure. But, I do know that our toilet cleaner has bleach in it and WIHH occassionally uses bleach with the laundry and for cleaning the sinks and shower. She says she uses about a gallon of bleach per year. With that said, our bleach use has not harmed our septic system.
What you have to remember is this, bleach is an oxidizer that breaks down (or oxidizes) organic matter. This is why it is so good at killing germs, mold, and mildew which are all organic matter. In the process of oxidizing organic matter, bleach becomes neutralized and is no longer effective. The active ingredient in bleach is sodium hypochlorite. When sodium hypochlorite is neutralized it turns into salt (sodium chloride) which does not impact your septic. So, if the bleach you flush down the drain still has any active sodium hypochlorite in it, the organic matter in the septic tank immediately neutralizes it and the good bacteria in the tank are not wiped out. Just remember I'm talking about household quantities of bleach.....not gallons and gallons flushed all at once.
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Post by snoozy on Apr 3, 2015 15:16:11 GMT
OK, good. I didn't know that it turns to salt when used up. A long time ago in Chemistry class I learned that chlorine bleaches because it has an electron which hops to or combines to other molecules' electron orbits. Or vice versa, where it has lots of space for guest electrons in its electron orbit/rollercoaster. Something like that. (You'd never know I got straight A's in chem, wouldja? But I went to a really bad high school.)
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Post by Deleted on Apr 4, 2015 3:29:27 GMT
I wouldn't bother to treat it UNTIL there is an emergency, and then you can just treat what you need for human use. The only other reason to treat it continually would be to control algae I will be making a solar water distiller this year. But I guess that would be considered treating the water. No need for outside chemicals. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 4, 2015 3:33:10 GMT
It's not nice to poke fun at 'mother nature'..er...I mean Cabin Fever. In this case, "dirt" was appropriate. "Soil" is living and without it, iife is not possible! Agreed. Some people even in the US still eat dirt (soil). Animals do. I understand deer prefer muddy water over clear because of mineral content. But I gotta say I never remember eating any dirt cakes made by my sisters or other girls as child. |
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