{"id":1153173,"date":"2022-08-13T15:51:29","date_gmt":"2022-08-13T20:51:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1153173"},"modified":"2022-08-15T11:55:33","modified_gmt":"2022-08-15T16:55:33","slug":"kilgore-to-start-free-chlorine-conversion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1153173","title":{"rendered":"Kilgore to start free chlorine conversion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2022\/08\/chlorine-127x200.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"127\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1153174\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2022\/08\/chlorine-127x200.png 127w, https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2022\/08\/chlorine-222x350.png 222w, https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2022\/08\/chlorine.png 364w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 127px) 100vw, 127px\" \/>KILGORE &#8212; The City of Kilgore will temporarily convert the disinfectant used in the city\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s water distribution system from chloramine to free chlorine beginning August 15 and ending around September 18. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153For that month beginning Wednesday, said Public Works Director Clay Evers in a news release, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153you may experience taste and odor changes associated with this type of temporary water disinfectant conversion.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Evers said public water systems are required to properly disinfect their water and maintain an adequate disinfectant residual in the distribution system. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Chloramine, free chlorine combined with ammonia, is what we normally use as a disinfectant because it persists for long periods while also limiting the formation of by-product contaminants,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d added Evers in the release. Click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CityofKilgore\">here<\/a> and scroll down to &#8220;Water system maintenance&#8221; for more information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KILGORE &#8212; The City of Kilgore will temporarily convert the disinfectant used in the city\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s water distribution system from chloramine to free chlorine beginning August 15 and ending around September 18. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153For that month beginning Wednesday, said Public Works Director Clay Evers in a news release, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153you may experience taste and odor changes associated with &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1153173\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Kilgore to start free chlorine conversion<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":1153178,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2022\/08\/chlorine-127x200.png","fifu_image_alt":"Kilgore to start free chlorine conversion","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1153173","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-22 17:53:16","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2022\/08\/chlorine-127x200.png","fifu_image_alt":"Kilgore to start free chlorine conversion","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1153173","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/62"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1153173"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1153173\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1153179,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1153173\/revisions\/1153179"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1153178"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1153173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1153173"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1153173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}