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AWWA B301-24 Liquid Chlorine, 2024
- Foreword [Go to Page]
- I. Introduction. [Go to Page]
- I.A. Background. Chlorine is an oxidizing agent commonly used for disinfection of water supplies. The first full-scale use of liquid chlorine for water disinfection was in 1912 at Niagara Falls, N.Y., where it helped to eliminate recurring typhoid outbrea [Go to Page]
- I.B. History. ANSI/AWWA B301 was first approved as tentative on Oct. 17, 1957. It was made a standard by the AWWA Board of Directors on Jan. 26, 1959. Subsequent editions were approved June 7, 1981, Jan. 25, 1987, Jan. 26, 1992, June 20, 1999, Jan. 18, 20 [Go to Page]
- I.C. Acceptance. In May 1985, the US Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) entered into a cooperative agreement with a consortium led by NSF International (NSF) to develop voluntary third-party consensus standards and a certification program for direct
- II. Special Issues. [Go to Page]
- II.A. Safety and Security Precautions. Chlorine is a greenish-yellow gas that normally is packaged as a liquid under pressure in containers fabricated in accordance with specifications of the US Department of Transportation (DOT). Chlorine should be store
- III. Use of This Standard. It is the responsibility of the user of an AWWA standard to determine that the products described in that standard are suitable for use in the particular application being considered. [Go to Page]
- III.A. Purchaser Options and Alternatives. The following information should be provided by the purchaser: [Go to Page]
- III.B. Modification to Standard. Any modification to the provisions, definitions, or terminology in this standard must be provided by the purchaser.
- IV. Major Revisions. Major revisions made to the standard in this edition include the following:
- V. Comments. If you have any comments or questions about this standard, please call AWWA Engineering and Technical Services at 303.794.7711; write to the department at 6666 West Quincy Avenue, Denver, CO 80235-3098; or e-mail at standards@awwa.org.
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