No like there was a lead pipe from the early 1900s from the street up through the woods to my house.
The city and utility company replaced it with a copper one at no cost. It’s a big initiative in our city right now to replace all the old lead water lines by 2027
No like there was a lead pipe from the early 1900s from the street up through the woods to my house.
Water pipes are lined with gross slimy stuff and other nasty things, so you might not necessarily have drunk lead contaminated water. Or you might have, who knows. Atleast you won’t now
The city just replaced my lead water lines.
We’ve been drinking straight out of the tap for about 5 years.
No change in my temperament, anger, mood I guess.
Remember that mineral deposits may line the inside of those pipes and doesnt necessitate that lead has been leeching into the water
What?
No like there was a lead pipe from the early 1900s from the street up through the woods to my house.
The city and utility company replaced it with a copper one at no cost. It’s a big initiative in our city right now to replace all the old lead water lines by 2027
https://www.pgh2o.com/projects-maintenance/lead-line-replacement-programs
The person you’re replying to means that the pipe had 125 years of mineral deposits coating the inner diameter and separating the water from the lead
It’s still good that they replaced it but I’d be shocked if drinking that water impacted you in any perceptible way
Water pipes are lined with gross slimy stuff and other nasty things, so you might not necessarily have drunk lead contaminated water. Or you might have, who knows. Atleast you won’t now