Yes! Normally public water sources and rain water are free of these.I wonder about its effectiveness on mold, mildew, and those sort of flora and fauna.
If you look in my Link shown in my post#37 above , you would see in my other post there listing several methods of water sanitation CONTROL.
On my 60 Gallon Fresh water Aluminum Tank I dropped 1 gallon of this per season in a partial filled tank.
https://www.amazon.com/Hydrogen-Per...1446410536&sr=8-26&keywords=hydrogen+peroxide
But I have changed to the other since is it fresher, cheaper and at Sam's. I keep one smaller bottle aboard for all other reasons mentioned, in a dark cool storage spot. Plus no AlCl2 crystals are formed to plug water pump stuff.
You can get FDA approved, food grade, medical cleanup grade of 35% H2O2 at $70 gallon, if you want.
As a non-resident Chemical Engineer...
The amount used of any "Oxidizing Agent" is proportional to the Organic Crap present in the water.
Thus by the JamesG Law...
NO CRAP = No disinfectant. or the 2nd Law...
Little Crap = Little Oxidizer [typical rain water] @Kermit [I will drink it too]
Well, it will taste like Scotch then! and no Buzz intended.iodine and hydoriodic acid
All simple Halides Cl, I, Br oxidizers work like this.
Yes, even Sulfur [SO2] has been used for year to Sanitize Brewing Equipment.
I like the after taste left by H2O2, which is ZERO!
Jim...