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It's easy to determine if pipes are made of lead if you can access the pipes. It's less easy to determine if they have some residual lead from upstream pipes th
by toast0 2y ago
It's easy to determine if pipes are made of lead if you can access the pipes. It's less easy to determine if they have some residual lead from upstream pipes that's settled into the corrosion layer on the inside of the pipe (and could be released later)
There are testing services and test strips available for testing your water, which works even if you can't access all the pipes on the way between your source and your sink. A testing service will likely check for a list of contaminants and not simply lead, and most likely have better accuracy and precision than test strips you use yourself.
- euroderf 2y agoI would assume they want you to run hot water, not cold, for samples.
- bottom999mottob 2y agoSediments including lead tend to accumulate at the bottom of water heaters, so you'd be measuring the accumulated lead and not the locality's with this assumption.
- euroderf 2y agoAh, right, okay.
- Terr_ 2y ago> There are testing services and test strips available for testing your water With the caution that some of the cheaper tests (especially through online sales) may be counterfeit or have a bad error-rate.