Pure lead source...be ready for it

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With the recent cross-Canada lead-in-the-drinking-water report (some places 300% over allowable standards) I suspect there will be a monumental outcry from a lot of folks that will result in a lot of lead water lines being dug up & replaced in municipalities from coast to coast in the near future. Nobody want to be involved in another Walkerton or Flint, Mich. episode.

A Timmies card for coffee & a doughnut for the local water & sewer crew just might get you enough lead pipe to last a lifetime. I have apiece about a foot long and it weighs over 5 lb. so a city block of pipe will be a ton or more.

Good luck
 
I work for a company that has a residential waterworks department but they haven't seen any lead in ages. Really wish they would as I go through 100lb a year sometimes.

Sounds like they think most of the lead is after the service valves meaning smaller lines in people's yards. Hopefully some more will surface though.
 
Too bad they don't check water on Aboriginal reserves!! Even some ground water sources have lead in them from leaching garbage dumps up stream.
 
I have this toilet seal made from lead...I assume there are still a lot of them out there. Is this pure lead?
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your average lead pipe is really good for roundball
the soldered joints contain a backload of tin.
I traded the corroded out copper sewer pipe and stack in my last house for equal Lenghts of lead pipe that a local salvager had dug up.
I`ve got a fair amount, but have not been shooting much lately compared to when I lived in ontario
 
Ed Smurf said:
I have this toilet seal made from lead...I assume there are still a lot of them out there. Is this pure lead?
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Gonna say likely, my brothers house has some lead pipe going to his main floor toilet. Can't wait till he does a full house reno!!
 
I worked in a large 1960s government building for many years. About ten years ago all the water fountains were condemned and removed. All tap water was ruled unsafe for consumption. Supposedly, lead was the issue. I suspect it was more stagnant water and old specification lead leeching than pipes dissolving. From that point on we had bottled water delivered daily by a contractor, and coolers on every floor. It was OK to shower with, but not make coffee. Seemed rather an overreaction until the news story appeared.
 
fingers284 said:
Yes, your right, but poison water is poison water...does it mater if it kills your kids in 5 days or slowly and agonizingly in 3 years
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No but you made it sound like Walkerton was a lead pipe issue.
Just like yomomma said a human error and that can happen anywhere I guess so not really relevant to the subject.
 
I think they just re-line them with a flexible pipe liner now. Dig down to the pipe, cut a section out, dig down again <n> meters away, then pull the new liner through the lead pipe. Rinse and repeat?

I don't know for sure, but I'm was talking to a commercial/industrial plumber in the last year and this topic came up.
 
RiMP9 said:
Too bad they don't check water on Aboriginal reserves!! Even some ground water sources have lead in them from leaching garbage dumps up stream.
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There is no evidence that lead is soluble in water

Elementary lead does not dissolve in water under normal conditions (20oC, and pressure = 1 bar). It may however occur dissolved in water as PbCO3 or Pb(CO3)22-. A well-known example of a water soluble lead compound is lead sugar (lead(II)acetate), which derived its name from its sweet nature.
Tetra ethyl lead is also insoluble in water. Toxic by inhalation and by skin absorption.
 
Where is the evidence that lead the incredibly small amount of lead currently being measured in some water supplies is a health problem?
What is the incidence of birth defects? Nerve damage? and other health indicators from the residents of these areas?
There are now health records that will show any variation in health issues that lead could cause.
 
yomomma said:
Correct, sloppy work done by operators led to E. coli in the water
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As someone who works in waterworks, that is the understatement of the century. It is unfortunate but Walkerton is basically our bible as far as "dont do this, kids." In keeping with the subject; from what I've seen, the concern is not so much lead pipes, but lead solder, and old brass, which contains a portion of lead (brass is made from copper, zinc, and lead. Lead-free brass uses bismuth instead of lead, and is more expensive than stainless steel). I don't imagine we're going to see piles of pure lead, and I can only imagine how much work would be involved in extracting the lead out of that brass...
 
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