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It depends on how you are adding the chlorine. As elemental chlorine, you would need around 40000 ounces of water to one of chlorine; as hypochlorite (the main ingredient in chlorine bleaches, which are usually 5%) you might only use 200 ounces of water to one ounce of bleach.

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Q: What should the chlorine parts per million be for my drinking water?
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