Unfortunately a LOT of water distribution in the US is done in lead pips, That’s the whole damn flint water crisis. They don’t replace them because left undisturbed they’re not shedding at a dangerous rate, but once you fuck around with flow and pressure, it gets bad real quick.
Indeed, but if it makes you feel better, our last visible crisis ended 10 years ago. incidentally, they still have lead pipes going to hundreds of houses there…
As far as i know this was not much of a problem the older the pipes got, because the pipes would accumulate a layer of calcium carbonate deposits from the untreated water over time.
They’ve used pipes with lead in them for water ducts in Ancient Rome IIRC
We still do.
Who do you mean by „we”? Italians?
No, Germans. ->: https://www.verbraucherzentrale.de/wissen/umwelt-haushalt/wasser/bleileitungen-verboten-leitfaden-zum-austausch-von-bleirohren-ab-2026-116272
And in “We” I meant the world population having old stock of lead in ground that are generally safe if handled properly.
Unfortunately a LOT of water distribution in the US is done in lead pips, That’s the whole damn flint water crisis. They don’t replace them because left undisturbed they’re not shedding at a dangerous rate, but once you fuck around with flow and pressure, it gets bad real quick.
Oof, I should have guessed it’s US&A.
Indeed, but if it makes you feel better, our last visible crisis ended 10 years ago. incidentally, they still have lead pipes going to hundreds of houses there…
As far as i know this was not much of a problem the older the pipes got, because the pipes would accumulate a layer of calcium carbonate deposits from the untreated water over time.