Water Quality in Peterborough and Hardness


	Water Quality in Peterborough and Hardness

LandLogic

10-3-2009 6:40 PM

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water, turtles, chlorine, chloramine, hardness

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Peterborough uses Chlorine not Chloramine in water disinfection.
Hardness 95mg/L or moderate

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