# Chlorine and Water

Their prices have moved together.

Source page: https://www.materialinsights.org/links/chlorine-and-water/

[Chlorine](https://www.materialinsights.org/chemicals/chlorine/) (chemical) and [Water](https://www.materialinsights.org/commodities/water/) (commodity): 1 relationship.

## How they are linked

### 1. Price link: treatment input

*Cost and price · Moderate · Both ways*

Chlorine and caustic soda disinfect and condition drinking water, so treatment costs rise with them. The index for this chemical group shows a modest tie, monthly moves correlating at 0.28 and yearly moves at 0.42, mostly a shared US inflation backdrop rather than direct cost pass-through.

- **0.28** monthly change correlation
- **0.42** 12-month change correlation
- **0.97** fitted elasticity

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