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If my vague memories of high school chemistry serve me correctly, then 11,100 ppm is 0.2775M, which would have a pH of about 13.4. That's definitely not somethi
by beervirus 6y ago
If my vague memories of high school chemistry serve me correctly, then 11,100 ppm is 0.2775M, which would have a pH of about 13.4. That's definitely not something I'd want to drink.
- gowld 6y ago11K ppm is 1% of the entire water supply. I doubt the plant had that much lye in stock.
- beervirus 6y agoBut they probably had enough lye in stock to start producing water at that concentration.
- extrapickles 6y agoI hope they followed industry standards, and used a pump that was simply not able to supply harmful amounts of the chemical even when running at maximum speed.
- beervirus 6y agoSurely a water treatment plant that opens up controllers to the public Internet follows all industry standards!