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Default Cleaning Sump Pump Pit

Bleach is nothing more than a solution of sodium hyperchlorite. It
frees up oxygen, which destroys the bacteria. Since sodium
hyperchlorite is pretty unstable, it eventually ends up as sodium
chloride, common table salt. In the quantities you use, it is not
going to do any harm at all. Go to it...