Specifications include, but are not limited to: The City of Mesa (City) Water Resources Department (WRD) is issuing this Request for Bid (RFB) to establish a contract with qualified contractors for the purchase and delivery of Chlorine and Sodium Hypochlorite as per the specifications contained in this RFB. 5. CHLORINE 100%, LIQUID (1 TON CONTAINER): a. Minimum specifications: i. The material must meet the most current version of the American Water Works Association (AWWA) Standard B301. ii. The chlorine will be ninety-nine-point 5 percent (99.5%) pure by volume. 1. General: The liquid chlorine supplied under this standard shall contain no soluble mineral or organic substances in quantities capable of producing deleterious or injurious effects on the health of persons consuming water that has been treated properly with the liquid chlorine. 2. Moisture: The liquid chlorine supplied shall be dry chlorine. Moisture shall not exceed one hundred fifty (150) ppm (0.015 percent), by weight. 3. Heavy metals: The sum of all heavy metals shall not exceed thirty (30) ppm (0.003 percent) expressed as lead. 4. Lead shall not exceed ten (10) ppm (0.001 percent) reported as lead. 5. Mercury shall not exceed one (1) ppm (0.001 percent) reported as mercury. 6. Arsenic shall not exceed three (3) ppm (0.003 percent) reported as metallic arsenic. 7. Nonvolatile residue: The total residue shall not exceed (1) fifty (50) ppm (0.005 percent), by weight, in liquid chlorine as loaded by the manufacturer in tank cars and chlorine tank trucks, or (2) one hundred fifty (150) ppm (0.015 percent), by weight, in liquid chlorine as packaged in cylinders or ton containers. 6. CHLORINE 99.5%, LIQUID (95 LBS. AND 150 LBS. CYLINDERS): e. Minimum specifications for ninety five pounds (95 lbs.) and one hundred fifty pounds (150) lbs. Cylinders : i. The material shall meet the most current version of the American Water Works Association (AWWA) Standard B301. ii. The chlorine will be ninety nine point five percent (99.5%) pure by volume. 1. General: The liquid chlorine supplied under this standard shall contain no soluble mineral or organic substances in quantities capable of producing deleterious or injurious effects on the health of persons consuming water that has been treated properly with the liquid chlorine. 2. Moisture: The liquid chlorine supplied shall be dry chlorine. Moisture shall not exceed one hundred fifty (150) ppm (0.015 percent), by weight. 3. Heavy metals: The sum of all heavy metals shall not exceed thirty (30) ppm (0.003 percent) expressed as lead. 4. Lead shall not exceed ten (10) ppm (0.001 percent) reported as lead. 5. Mercury shall not exceed one (1) ppm (0.001 percent) reported as mercury. 6. Arsenic shall not exceed three (3) ppm (0.003 percent) reported as metallic arsenic.