Flint Water

[MechAg94]

There is a way to reduce the corrosive effect of the water, but it cost either $100/day or per month, I disremember which.

And I bet only a portion of their water bills actually go to fund water and sewage. 

[RoadKingLarry]

If the damned evil Republicans would just stop putting DHMO in the working man's water supply things like this wouldn't happen.

[brimic]

I talked to a friend the other day who owns and runs his own plumbing service about this.
He confirmed that its a water treatment issue, he went on further to say that lead pipes can last for and be safely used for centuries if thewater supply isn'tcorrosive.

[makattak]

I talked to a friend the other day who owns and runs his own plumbing service about this.
He confirmed that its a water treatment issue, he went on further to say that lead pipes can last for and be safely used for centuries if thewater supply isn'tcorrosive.

Part of the local government failure. Their water treatment plant... didn't.

[MechAg94]

Speaking as someone who works in a chemical plant with water circulation cooling systems, no one cares about water treatment until it doesn't happen.  As soon as some corrosion is found everyone who never cared before starts dumping on the plant people about not keeping up with it. 

[zxcvbob]

There is a way to reduce the corrosive effect of the water, but it cost either $100/day or per month, I disremember which.

You add slaked lime to increase the pH.  Then you might have to run it thru a sand filter to remove the sediment from the lime treatment.  It's very cheap to do on a small scale.  I don't know if the cost scales up or down.

I read a long time ago (don't know if the info is still accurate) that St. Louis, where the big Budweiser brewery is, does that and has great water.  East St. Louis doesn't and has terrible water.  They both draw from the same source.

[Firethorn]

You add slaked lime to increase the pH.  Then you might have to run it thru a sand filter to remove the sediment from the lime treatment.  It's very cheap to do on a small scale.  I don't know if the cost scales up or down.

I read a long time ago (don't know if the info is still accurate) that St. Louis, where the big Budweiser brewery is, does that and has great water.  East St. Louis doesn't and has terrible water.  They both draw from the same source.

Having just read up on the university water plant here - a sand filter is pretty standard for water.  slaked lime is cheap.

I'd imagine that the treatment would scale up quite well.