Bleach dripped in RO Water - Dump it?

[newbie20]

Was cleaning my filter socks, and stupidly poured bleach next to my RO container. A couple of drops ran down the bottle and into the water. There's about 25 gallons of RO water, so it's pretty diluted. Literally, two to three drops trickled off the bottle, but I don't want to take the chance if some of you chemists indicate potential problems in using the water even with the trace amount of bleach. My inclination is to dump it to be on the safe side, but don't want to be wasteful if there's expert opinion out there to the contrary.

Thoughts?

 

[giulianom]

Add some water conditioner to deactivate the chlorine.

It was pure chlorine bleach, yes?

No scents, etc?

 

[newbie20]

Correct. Regular, unscented bleach. Let me search the shelves for some conditioner. Pretty sure I have some. Thanks!

 

[acroholic]

3 drops in 25 gallons, no problem. I'd use it. Dechlor for peace of mind.

 

[nickg]

Dump it... You can make more...

 

[willie1983]

Imo a couple caps of prime should do the trick

 

[ralph atl]

Acroholic;909048 wrote: 3 drops in 25 gallons, no problem. I'd use it. Dechlor for peace of mind.

Yup.....

 

[hn1]

What Dave said. Prime (or similar) or an air stone for a few hours should give you a bit of insurance.

 

[supermancrv]

Bleach is a very weak chlorine around 6% available unless it was industrial then it's 12% either way that is nothing it had probably dissipated by the time you finished typing the post. If your worried dump your top and start over water is cheap compared to peace of mind

 

[lifeisbeachy850]

Add decholrinator (aka "water conditioner") if you have any around.

 

[chony]

Risk > reward. I would dump it.

 

[newbie20]

Thanks everyone. So, I added some de-chlorinator, and let the water sit with a powerhead overnight. I then mixed and used it yesterday. Everyone's fine. Also, as an added bonus, their whites are looking brighter than ever!

Definitely won't be putting the RO water anywhere near the washing machine without the lid next time around.

 

[hn1]

Newbie20;909381 wrote: Also, as an added bonus, their whites are looking brighter than ever!

:lol2: