Input water

Input water requiring sanitation, typically surface water (dams, streams, channels, rainwater, untreated reticulated water), should be first analysed for electrolytes, heavy metals, turbidity, organic load, pH and microbiological contamination (coliforms, E. Coli) to determine

• its suitability for poultry drinking water
  
  
• its suitability for effective chlorination.
  

 
This information determines what type of water pretreatment is required. Such testing should be repeated at least twice a year, or whenever there are changes in water source or quality. For chlorination to be effective the water needs to be clean and around neutral pH, so pretreatment, when required, is pivotal to effective chlorination.

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