I am looking for chemicals that can be put into sewer lines to kill and flush out roots in our lines.  Suggest
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http://www.rootx.com/home.html\n\ni have no idea if it works.
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Any amine hydrochloride, ammonium chloride, or even hydrochloric acid can be used.  You may need to actually call a company to get more specific information, if they will even tell you.  If you look at MSDSs, you can gleam some information.  \n\nhttp://www.efdsolder.com/lit_msds.htm\n\nYou will see that nonionic organics can be used.  Because they would be bought in bulk, there are no commercial names other than the chemical name.
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Depends on your location. Septic tanks, sewer ponds, composting toilets or even outhouses. The problem is, each method is crappy.
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Aliminum foil and toilet bowl cleaner.  Shake it up and throw it.  We made one once that killed all the grass on a volley ball court, and another one that didn't go off for like 30 minutes, but destroyed the trash can it was in!
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Call a Sewer Service--they have equipment to thaw it out----don't try it on your own!!!!!  Been there --done that
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Ultrasonic cleaners might be the best solution.\n\nHere is an excerpt from the source listed below: \n\nAlthough a range of possible alternative products is available today, experience has shown that substitution of TRI is not easy and even not feasible for a number of specific cases, either for technical or economical reasons. For all cases, substitution of TRI needs a thorough evaluation of all process aspects. For this reason we intend to work with the authorities in order to prevent a blanket implementation of forced substitution, and allow sustainable and continued safe use of TRI. \n\nThe alternatives you will probably consider first are the chlorinated solvents perchloroethylene (PER) and methylene chloride (MC). They match closest the technical features of TRI, such as non-flammability, high solvency power, a wide range of material compatibility and excellent drying and recycling properties.\n\nBeside PER and MC, you have probably also heard about other alternatives such as aqueous (water-based) alkaline systems, flammable solvents (e.g. hydrocarbons or modified alcohol based formulations), supercritical CO2 or hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), etc.\n\nIt is impossible to say definitively which technology is best. That depends on your specific application, on what you are cleaning, which materials you want to remove, the cleanliness required, the variability of the parts cleaned, the throughput to be achieved, the cycle times, etc. \n\nFor example, for the cleaning of parts between two water-based manufacturing steps (e.g. galvanising), aqueous systems may be better, since parts are put into water phase again later and no energy-intensive drying step to remove the water is required. \n\nIf you need to have very clean and dry surfaces (for coating or surface hardening, for example) and if you have a variety of different metals or blind holes, narrow distances and very fine orifices or a lot of residual oil to clean, hydrocarbons or aqueous systems may not clean and dry well enough. In these cases, chlorinated solvents will offer most often the best solution as they are compatible with most materials, have a high cleaning power, are easy to dry, don't leave residual films and are easy to recycle with high quality by distillation. In addition, chlorinated solvents are today best suited to be used in modern closed systems with minimal losses. Their ecological performance has very much increased and, when used in well-operated metal cleaning systems, they outperform aqueous cleaning as long as drying is required. This has been shown by a Life Cycle Analysis carried out by Ecobilan. \n\nPER comes closest to TRI in technical performance and is often the first choice candidate as an alternative to TRI. However, it shows clear inherent technical differences, which need to be taken into consideration. On one side, PER offers a lower volatility and therefore is advantageous to minimise emissions in closed equipment. On the other side, PER has a lower solvency power and is therefore normally used at a higher cleaning temperature to achieve similar performance. This may raise concerns regarding the compatibility with specific metal working fluids and temperature-sensitive parts. \n\nMethylene chloride (MC) shows excellent cleaning properties already at low temperatures, favouring the cleaning of temperature sensitive parts. However, its high volatility makes emission control more difficult and requires special equipment.\n\nHydrofluorocarbons (HFC) and hydrofluorocarbon ethers (HFCE) are very expensive and show very limited solvency power. A thorough evaluation of the global warming potential is also required to choose the adequate product.
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I'd sure be cautious with any Methylene Chloride!  It is highly volatile and it is a carcinogen.  Nasty stuff!  I would first try a strong detergent and steam.  Steam will loosen a lot of compounds that you wouldn't expect to respond to heat and water alone.\n\nJohnny
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OMG EEEEK! jump off a bridge into a vat of toxic waste, hopefully it will reverse this problem lol
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I am a wastewater treatment engineer.  \n\nThere are professional organizations that may have some info, try Water Environment Federation.  \n\nAny questions, drop me a line
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Go to a local pool store. Bring a sample of your water in and have them check it out and give you the goods to keep it clean and clear
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www.activated-carbon.com\nthis website should help
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The chemical mixes are called phosphate eliminators and can be gotten from you pool supply store.  You can't make the mixtures yourself cheaper than you can buy them.\n\nYou can find many web pages on the subject by a simple web search such as\n\nhttp://www.rainbowpoolsinc.com/help/phosphate.htm
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try the local chemist....
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My father manufactured the active ingredient in agent orange,(C-5,6), at Hooker Chemical's Montague Michigan plant for the duration of the Vietnam War. The process was so volatile and so toxic that it had to be manufactured on a seven story wall-less superstructure in the middle of a 160 acre field. All of the production was then loaded on railway tankcars for shippment to Dow Chemical of Midland Mi.for addition of solvents and packaging for shipment to the military. At the close of the war, the superstructure was dismantled, and it, and all associated equipment, tools etc. were buried in a huge clay lined disposal pit on the site. The site remains a Toxic hot spot to this day and all of the surrounding neighborhood has water piped into them as the groundwater is highly contaminated. From '82-'93 my father ran a chlorine plant's maintainence department on the persian gulf, about 25 kliks from Kuwait City in Saudi. In 1997 he fell ill with the small cell cancer that has become consistent, though unrecognized by our government, as due to exposure to AO or its components. I know this as I was a service officer for the Am Legion Post here in my  town, and have seen the wreckage that this stuff left in its wake. I am an Non Combatant, US Navy, Vietnam Era vet, ( Commonly refferred to as a "rear echelon puke" ), who salutes and thanks you for your service. Hope you are well, and look forward to your Photo posts as you are quite knowledgeable on the subject. God Bless, Jed
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try Zinc.....sacrficial protection (galvanizing)\n\nyou can also use aluminium, it will react at first but then it will form a tough protective layer of aluminium oxide, which prevents further reaction....it really works
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Call your city sanitary waste department.  They usually have a place you can take hazardous materials....
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i really like loreal kids chlorine and dirt remover. it's works great, smells good, and it's inexpensive!