Organic Matter and chlorine content in tap water

[davidtrumbore]

I am looking for any and all help regarding getting references and research material for my 6th grade fair project.

My Hypothesis is : Organic matter from decayed leaves will lower the chlorine cintent of houshold tap water.

What i kow is that peolpe use tap water to water their lawns and gardens. Chlorine is in the drinking water to kill bacteria but the chlorine in the water is destructive to plant growth because it also kills good bacteria in the soil. Organic matter can lower chlorine content ( i have been told)- So decomposed leaved (organic matter) in the soil may be benefical. I am having trouble finding age appropriate references. Seems like most stuff is way to technical for me.

Dave

[deleted-71447]

Hi David,
Welcome to the Ask an Expert forums. This is a fairly technical topic, so it might be difficult to find simple references oriented to your grade level. If you can show us some of the references you have found and let us know what parts are confusing, we can probably clarify things.
This seems like one potential source of information:
http://www.eurochlor.org/index.asp?page=95
As you might already have done, you can find other sources by searching for "organic matter chlorine".

Have you designed a hypothesis &/or experimental procedure??

Looking forward to hearing more,
Chris

[davidtrumbore]

ChrisG,

Thanks for your fast response. That link was not specically helpful but the website had many helpful bits of information. Thanks !
I got help from my friend's dad setting up the research design which i will paste in a later post. How do you want me to show you the references. Copy and paste in to this forum?
Dave

[deleted-71447]

You're welcome. If there are particular sections of text that are confusing, you can post that text (along with a link or reference to the source) and explain your question. No need to paste the whole reference.
Chris