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Do you treat yourself with chemicals?
"Pure" water, soap, tooth paste, hair color, sweat preventer, alcohol, coca-cola, salt, sugar, allowed ingredient, cotton clothes, paint your walls......
If your child has louses in his/her head, do you use chemical on your child to get rid off louses or do you let nature handle the case or do you cutchild hairs and wash the head wit pure water?
In my city pure drinking water has 16 added chemicals. You you know how much your drinking water has?
Scottish Government's
List of Approved Products and Processes December 2003 in drinking water production1. FLOCCULANTS AND COAGULANTS
1.A. Products based on tannin
The dose used must not exceed 10 mg l
-1 of active material.
GE Betz Ltd
Klaraid PC 4000
1.B. Products based on aluminium
Kemira Chemicals (UK) Ltd
PAX-XL60S
Kemira Kemi UK Ltd
PAX-XL60
PAX-XL610
1.C. Products based on aluminium and iron
Clinty Chemicals Ltd
Ferric Aluminium Sulfate
Kemira Chemicals (UK) Ltd
AVL
1
AVR
1
1For these products the dose must not exceed 150 mg l
-1 of the product as supplied.
Kemira Kemi AB
Kemira AVR
1.D. Products based on iron
GEH Wasserchemie Gmbh
GEH ferric hydroxide
High Chemicals (UK) Ltd
Econofloc 15
1.E. Products based on bentonite
Chemviron Carbon
Coagulant Aid 25
Coagulant Aid 35
Steetley Minerals Limited
Berkbent CE
2. ADSORBENTS
Bayer AG+
Bayoxide E33
Purolite International Ltd
Macronet - MN200
For this product the following condition applies:
The contact bed containing the product must be adequately backwashed in accordance with the Instructions for Use document and then rinsed with 5 bed volumes of water passed downflow to waste.
Brimac Carbon services Ltd
Brimac Bone Charcoal
For this product the following condition applies:
The contact bed containing the product must be adequately back-washed (until backwash water is clear of fines) to remove any readily leachable materials beforeconnection to the supply.
3. ION EXCHANGE RESINS SYSTEMS
3.A. Ion Exchange Resins
Purolite International Ltd
Purolite A520E nitrate selective anion exchange resin
Rohm and Haas Ltd
IMAC HP 336
IMAC HP 555
3.B. Treatment Systems for Ion Exchange Resins
Ionex Ltd
Eliminate Process
4. OTHER CHEMICALS
4.A. Stabilising agents and corrosion prevention agents
Singleton Birch Ltd
Hydrogel 20
Hydrogel 30
Hydrogel 40
Hydrogel 50
4.B. Gases for tracing leaks in water mains
BOC Ltd
Sulphur Hexafluoride
Sensitor AB
Hydrogen (H
2) Tracer Gas
4.C. Chemicals for flow meter calibration
Lithium salts
The use of lithium salts for meter calibration in water mains is acceptable providing that the maximum concentration of lithium in water supplied to consumers doesnot exceed 0.10 mg l
-1 at any time (the analytical method used for lithiumdetermination should have an accuracy better than 0.01 mg l
-1 at 0.10 mg l
-1)
5. PRODUCTS FOR THE DISINFESTATION, DISINFECTION AND CLEANING OF WATERWORKS APPARATUS INCLUDING DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS
Note: There are now no approved disinfestation agents.
5.A. Cleaning agents for water treatment installations
Permission or consent for disposal of any wastewater generated to a sewer or watercourse must be obtained from Scottish Water or the Scottish Environment Protection Agency, as appropriate.
EPSCO Ltd
Carela RS 100
Permacare - Membrane Separations Group
Resintreat
5. B Products for use in Seawater Desalination by evaporation
SNF Floerger
Dispersant No.6 ATC
6. DISINFECTANTS FOR EMERGENCY USE
Products based on silver
Land & Marine Environmental Ltd
Sanicil 100
ROAM chemie NV
Huwa-San TR50
Huwa-San TR5
Tiosan
Swissteril International 5755 Ltd
Sanosil Super 25
Steril
For products in this section the following conditions apply:
(i) the dose of product is such that the concentration of silver in the water does not exceed 80 m g l
-1; and
(ii) Consumers are exposed to water containing silver for only as long as is required to restore conventional treatment, or for no more than 90 days in anyperiod of a year, whichever is applicable.
7. PRODUCTS BASED ON TRADITIONAL CHEMICALS
Most of traditional chemicals are now covered by BS EN Standards (see annex 1.6). The following are not covered by a specific BS EN and are considered by the Committee to be unobjectionable on health grounds for the treatment of water.
For products and chemicals in this section the following general condition applies:
The method of use and the purity of these products shall be such that, in the case of water for public supply, the water so treated meets the requirements of the Water Supply (Water Quality) (Scotland) Regulations 2001.
7.A. Traditional chemicals
Bentonite
Calcium chloride
Calcium sulfate
Ferrous chloride
Magnesium carbonate
Magnesium hydroxide
Magnesium oxide
Manganese dioxide
Magnetite
Sodium chloride
Sodium sulfate
Citric Acid (food grade), for use in cleaning of membranes
7.B. Sodium hypochlorite produced from the on-site electrolytic generation of chlorine
There is no BS EN currently available.
For products in section 7.A.1 the following condition also applies:
The concentration of chlorate should not exceed 0.7mg l
-1 (as chlorate) in the treated water.
Aztec Environmental Controls
Sodium hypochlorite generated by the ElectroCell Process
Electrocatalytic
Sodium hypochlorite generated by the Pacpuri system
Severn Trent Services
Clortec cell
Wallace and Tiernan Ltd
Sodium hypochlorite generated by the OSEC system
Waterman Environmental Services Ltd
MIOX Electrolytic Sodium Hypochlorite Generators
.