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Does Your City Use Chlorine or Chloramine to Treat Its Water?

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An entire industry of faucet and countertop and shower filters has sprung up specifically to remove chlorine compounds from the water you drink and bathe in.

More than half of the country's largest cities instead use chloramine, a more stable and persistent chlorine compound.

Knowing which substance your city uses will help you determine which filters will work best to get rid of it.

Large US cities that use chlorine sometimes temporarily switch to chlorine to disinfect their systems.

Some cities use chlorine in their water systems to disinfect systems, and vice versa.

Large US Cities that treat water with chlorine include Austin , Texas , Boston , Dallas , San Antonio and Long Beach , California .

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