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Contaminated Water
« on: December 15, 2020, 10:38:24 AM »
I have approximately 2500 gallons of water contaminated with a +/- 30% sodium hydroxide and small amount of ferric
How can reduce the PH to dispose of the water safely.

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Re: Contaminated Water
« Reply #1 on: December 15, 2020, 07:52:58 PM »
Any acid will do. Safe handling and cost will be your primary concern.
What men are poets who can speak of Jupiter if he were like a man, but if he is an immense spinning sphere of methane and ammonia must be silent?  - Richard P. Feynman

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