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dechlorinate

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Verb1.dechlorinate - remove chlorine from (water)
get rid of, remove - dispose of; "Get rid of these old shoes!"; "The company got rid of all the dead wood"


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Several commercial remediation techniques use iron filings to dechlorinate tetrachloro -and trichloromethane contaminants in ground water.
Activated carbon filters are the most common devices used to dechlorinate water, remove objectionable chlorine tastes, and reduce corrosion of plumbing systems.
Fortunately, these are unstable compounds, especially in the presence of sulfite, which is sometimes used to dechlorinate treated water, so they are unlikely to persist long in the environment," Bedner says.
 
 
 
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