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   Arlen G. Holder to All   
   What does chlorine do to a septic system   
   04 Sep 19 19:20:33   
   
   XPost: alt.home.repair   
   From: arlen.g.holder@arlenholder.net   
      
   The wife loves to dump tons of chlorine in the toilet bowls (don't ask why,   
   she just does).   
      
   I'm curious how that can possibly be good for the septic system, given   
   chlorine works best in the dark and given that even a small amount goes   
   pretty far.   
      
   I guess the good thing is that it only goes so far, where the biomass load   
   may overwhelm the chlorine.   
      
   Does anyone have real world data that tells us how much effect, say, a   
   gallon of supermarket chlorine (12% by volume, I think, or maybe by weight,   
   or maybe 6%, I don't remember) does to a typical septic system?   
      
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