maran Posted January 8, 2007 Report Share Posted January 8, 2007 I hear that water in Lower Hutt is not chlorinated. Is that right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peanuts Posted January 8, 2007 Report Share Posted January 8, 2007 unsure of that, but do know you can get water in buick street petone that comes straight out of the ground no additives, people come for miles to get it and its free Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jude Posted January 8, 2007 Report Share Posted January 8, 2007 No, I don't think that is right. I am sure its chlorinated but you could check with the council to make sure. That water from Buick Street is so nice. Cheers Jude Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxglove Posted January 8, 2007 Report Share Posted January 8, 2007 Petone and Korokoro are on artesian supply (no chlorine) but I'm sure it doesn't extend to all Lower Hutt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jude Posted January 8, 2007 Report Share Posted January 8, 2007 I don't think they are on artesian any more. There was a big fuss and lots of protest when they were switched to the same supply as the rest of us. I think it happened about the same time as the artesian water taps were established in Buick St and I think it applies to all of Petone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted January 8, 2007 Report Share Posted January 8, 2007 Ring the council. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skoll Posted January 9, 2007 Report Share Posted January 9, 2007 Petone and Korokoro are on the artesian supply still and is unchlorinated and unflouridated from memory. Managed to contact the right person at local council to get some water info, but it was a few years back. They do raise the pH to 7.2 to meet NZ drinking water requirements. I had major cyanobacteria problems when living in Korokoro, so it possibly has a fairly high nutrient content (guessing), but that's cleared up now I've moved to Maungaraki which has a different supply. Gavin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maran Posted January 9, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2007 this is what i found on the net. http://www.huttcity.govt.nz/council/ser ... pply.shtml Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billaney Posted January 9, 2007 Report Share Posted January 9, 2007 this is what i found on the net. http://www.huttcity.govt.nz/council/ser ... pply.shtml links shows Wainuiomata water IS of the highest standard , higher than anywhere else in the hutt vally. Alwys thought there was something special in the wainui water Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpidersWeb Posted January 9, 2007 Report Share Posted January 9, 2007 Petone and Korokoro are on artesian supply (no chlorine) but I'm sure it doesn't extend to all Lower Hutt. According to that link it does extend to Lower Hutt But we're getting ours from the river with chlorine and flouride. You'd feel like a bit of a spoon buying water ager in lower hutt if you knew that haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dimsum Posted January 9, 2007 Report Share Posted January 9, 2007 I live in Maungaraki(Western hills of Lower Hutt), I've chucked tap water straight into the tanks for years and no problems. I drink straight from the tap and feel no ill effects. I do know our tap water taste very different from the tap at work in Wellington, much nicer from home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afrikan Posted January 9, 2007 Report Share Posted January 9, 2007 Your fish could have told you that Billaney :lol: :lol: :lol: SpidersWeb - I haven't heard that name/term "spoon" for ages! :lol: :lol: :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maran Posted January 10, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2007 dimsum, thats what i wanted to hear. That some body used it without water conditioner, and fish are fine with it ( more the filter and the bacteria). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpidersWeb Posted January 10, 2007 Report Share Posted January 10, 2007 Even on chlorinated water supplies you dont need water ager. The amount of chlorine added to NZ water is pretty small and harmless to most fish. I only ever use water ager for fish younger than 2 weeks old. Most my tanks get their water changes with a hose, chlorinated flourinated cold water, most of the fish I have here come over to play in it. Never had problems with filters recycling after water changes, there just isn't enough chlorine in the water. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skoll Posted January 10, 2007 Report Share Posted January 10, 2007 I've never used water ager. I do however have all the water for changes in containters in the bottom of my hot water cupboard. Doesn't warm them too much and lets any chlorine settle out. Does make water changing a significantly greater chore than it would be otherwise. On the plus side, swinging 20kg bottles of water around is good exercise, and I do have almost 100 litres of water in case of earthquake, which is a good thing when you live between a couple of active fault lines. Gavin.... :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reef Posted January 10, 2007 Report Share Posted January 10, 2007 Even on chlorinated water supplies you dont need water ager. So what do you do if one day the chlorine levels are high and you wipe out your fish. It Would be safer to use a chlorinator all the time. better to be safe than sorry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpidersWeb Posted January 10, 2007 Report Share Posted January 10, 2007 Fair comment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted January 10, 2007 Report Share Posted January 10, 2007 Although I live in an area with unchlorinated artesian water and I have never used dechlorinators it is possible to get a chlorine spike because the Councils are required to sanitize the water mains (with chlorine) when doing repairs on the mains. How concientious they are or how well they flush the mains is hard to know, but it is a requirement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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