Re: Water? was Re: [compost_tea] humus/fulvic acid?

From: Ted Peterson <ted.peterson_at_tcsn.net>
Date: Wed, 8 Dec 2004 19:55:02 -0800

Guys:

I'm in a funny position because if this works, I want to market it so I don=
't want to give too much away. Yes the initial work was done as part of an =
IRAD/CRAD grant which was never adopted by NASA. It is not public domain an=
d I own the patent even though I did very little on the project. Some of y=
ou know my background and maybe can figure it out. What I am playing with h=
ere is similar but different. In comparision to the original proposal, my =
approach is very modest. If you look at the work Dr. John Alexander (Berke=
ley) has been doing with water reclamation you will get an idea but not the=
 technique. I know I am being ambiguous and it is intentional. If it actua=
lly works, and this is still a big IF, I will sign people up as testers. I=
f not, it will just be another hair-brained idea that didn't work.

By the way, I talked to the guy with the water district and he indicated th=
at chloramine, even though it smells, isn't really an antibiotic. As he ex=
plained it, chloramine is inert in the water and needs something to trigger=
 a breakdown. When it breaks down, (as shown by the example I posted) chlo=
rine is created and chlorine IS an antibiotic. Now, charcoal causes a brea=
kdown and charcoal is part of the carbon chain so the practical theory is t=
hat other carbon elements also trigger breakdowns. These elements can be a=
ssociated with bacterial growth so the things that can cause a chloramine b=
reakdown do nothing to control bacteria. (I know I wrote it kind of backwar=
ds but this is the explanations I got.)

Back to me now. . .

So what I think happens is that something gets in the water supply and trig=
gers a chloramine breakdown. This same thing may also promote bacterial gr=
owth and the product of the breakdown attacks the bacteria associated with =
the breakdown element. What I can't figure out exactly and what my water g=
uy didn't state was whether charcoal was antibacterial. I didn't ask him s=
o it looks like I will be hitting the books tonight.

Ted Peterson
EW/SOE






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