Pure lead source...be ready for it

[LUTNIT]

Some neighborhoods in Ottawa had panicked lead pipe removal. It was a chunk near the foundation in most cases; no where near the city lines. And in the case of Ottawa it was a SEWAGE pipe people were panicking about. They didn't even want to flush their toilets in case it somehow rinsed lead back into their houses. People payed thousands to have a 2-3' chunk of lead sewage pipe removed for fear of lead poisoning. All I could do when I heard about how worked up some people were was to shake my head.

Can't imagine the smell if someone smelted a 50+ year old lead sewage pipe....

 

[yomomma]

Some neighborhoods in Ottawa had panicked lead pipe removal. It was a chunk near the foundation in most cases; no where near the city lines. And in the case of Ottawa it was a SEWAGE pipe people were panicking about. They didn't even want to flush their toilets in case it somehow rinsed lead back into their houses. People payed thousands to have a 2-3' chunk of lead sewage pipe removed for fear of lead poisoning. All I could do when I heard about how worked up some people were was to shake my head.

Can't imagine the smell if someone smelted a 50+ year old lead sewage pipe....

Actually...once exposed to sun and dried before, not that bad

 

[cooey43]

Correct, sloppy work done by operators led to E. coli in the water

I worked for 20 yrs with the Ontario Government Agency that did the "Clean Up" of Walkerton .
The simple answer to what happened was this ;
1 - People working in the Walkerton Plant were not certified / did not know what to do .
2 - They did NOT filter the water before adding Sodium Hypochlorite ( chlorine ) , so the
chlorine had little effect on the bacteria ( within the dirt) .
3 - They also "Overdosed" the chlorine rate BIG TIME in order to try to kill all bacteria .
Or course this did not work without filtering 1st.
4 - The water sample frig. was found with few samples but several beverages for the employees !!!!

This Ont. Government Agency were the certified people who took over the running of the Walkerton Plant .
I believe all is well now.

 

[53Izzy744]

Can't imagine the smell if someone smelted a 50+ year old lead sewage pipe....

 

[yomomma]

I worked for 20 yrs with the Ontario Government Agency that did the "Clean Up" of Walkerton .
The simple answer to what happened was this ;
1 - People working in the Walkerton Plant were not certified / did not know what to do .
2 - They did NOT filter the water before adding Sodium Hypochlorite ( chlorine ) , so the
chlorine had little effect on the bacteria ( within the dirt) .
3 - They also "Overdosed" the chlorine rate BIG TIME in order to try to kill all bacteria .
Or course this did not work without filtering 1st.
4 - The water sample frig. was found with few samples but several beverages for the employees !!!!

This Ont. Government Agency were the certified people who took over the running of the Walkerton Plant .
I believe all is well now.

I build water / wastewater treatment plants and recently got my OIT for all four

 

[bertn]

And what has this failed water treatment stuff to do with lead? Nothing

 

[yomomma]

And what has this failed water treatment stuff to do with lead? Nothing

You Sir, are very observant and correct as always.

 

[bertn]

You Sir, are very observant and correct as always.

Haha, for some reason I always get attracted to lead threads
Major disappointment if it changes to water treatment talk lol.

I might post a pic of a bit of lead pipe in my stash to get it back on topic

 

[gnmontey]

City of Calgary has declared an initiative to replace lead piping.

I'm willing to bet reclaimed pipe will go straight to the toxic dump site.

 

[Hitch22]

This lead scare is pure hysteria.

 

[kc34]

City of Calgary has declared an initiative to replace lead piping.

I'm willing to bet reclaimed pipe will go straight to the toxic dump site.

I was hoping to get a couple hundred pounds.......

 

[maltextract]

I’m a water treatment plant operator, we hold some level of all four depending on specific jobs. My town has a significant number of lead service lines, it was the metal of choice for 50 years. If you live in Canada on municipal water in a house that was built before the 60’s its a good chance you have a lead service line. If the house has copper plumbing that hasn’t been redone and was built before the 80’s there is a really good chance you have solder containing lead. Check your service line, that’s the pipe upstream of your water meter where it comes into your house. It will be lead, galvanized, copper, or plastic. If it’s lead or you have pre 80’s copper piping don’t drink the water or cook with it first thing in the morning until you’ve run your water for 2 minutes, especially if you have children. There is no known safe exposure to lead. As a caster I regularly get my blood lead levels checked so far so good.