The water in my garden water butt is not all that clean - so how do I purify it?
I am told that potassium permanganate can be used for this purpose, but I don’t know how much to add to the water butt.
And where can I buy it in the UK - chemists’ shops, shops like Wilkinson’s or Woolworth’s, or where? I don’t have a car, so it is tricky to get to garden centres.
Does potassium permanganate do any damage to plants if it gets on the leaves, or is it safe to use all over the garden?
Is there anything better than potassium permanganate to use for this purpose?
I wish all gardeners and Yahoo enthusiasts a happy weekend.

dehydration

Had the water checked 25 grains per gallon of hardness. It was considered very hard.

What I forgot to ask was what is the best salt to put in the system. It also has media guard to take out chlorine.

I have heard stuff about potassium. . . .

so is postassium chloride better than sodium chloride?

i’ve seen it on tv and my friend talked about it once. i know, i know, this huge boom. i just want to know what it felt like to see that and feel it blow up in front of you.

A long-ish PSA about the effects of dehydration

Dehydration

It gives the pKa of tert-butyl alcohol (18) and the pKa of water (15.7).

I think the answer is no because you would end up with tert-butyl alcohol due to the fact that the conjugate base of potassium tert-butoxide is stronger than the water, but I am unsure. Please help!

I have a whole house Waterboss 900 water softener system. I am using sodium chloride pellets for the unit. The runoff from the regeneration cycle as it exits the pipe tends to build up on my lawn and is gradually killing my grass. I’ve used potassium chloride as a salt substitute but that is now excessively cost prohibitive. I am also prohibited from extending the pipe as I cannot discharge the runoff onto a neighbor’s property. I am wondering if there is either an inline filter of some sort available which can capture the salt "in the pipe" or is there something I can put on the lawn to counteract the negative effects of the salt. Any ideas? Thanks for your help!

are the most common ions dissolved in ocean water potassium and sodium?

This is an example of how to do the Dehydration achievement in Heroic Violet Hold. All members of the group have the achievement, but doing it this way makes the boss a breeze to kill.