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    TriChlor, CYA, and Disinfection...Help Me Understand

    The reason we have the TriChlor tablets is because we use them to treat large ~2000 gallon water tanks fed by local springs; the tanks feed faucets and spigots used by the public. Again... not the intended use for these tablets. :mad: Since we have the tablets available my smart management...
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    TriChlor, CYA, and Disinfection...Help Me Understand

    Thanks for the reply. I'm going to talk about it with my supervisor. He thinks the Trichlor tabs are "90% chlorine". I think hes confused by the available or free chlorine (which I don't completely understand yet), but from what I've read the tablets are ~50% CYA by weight. Thankfully liquid...
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    TriChlor, CYA, and Disinfection...Help Me Understand

    Can TriChlor be used as a disinfectant outside of the pool ,i.e., dissolving 1" or 3" tablets in water and using it to disinfect surfaces. My inclination is no because the CYA levels would be too high thereby disrupting the chlorine's ability to kill certain viruses. The reason I ask is...