As far as i know this was not much of a problem the older the pipes got, because the pipes would accumulate a layer of calcium carbonate deposits from the untreated water over time.
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spitfire@lemmy.world 4 months agoThey’ve used pipes with lead in them for water ducts in Ancient Rome IIRC
GenosseFlosse@feddit.org 4 months ago
Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 months ago
We still do.
spitfire@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Who do you mean by „we”?
rumba@lemmy.zip 4 months ago
Unfortunately a LOT of water distribution in the US is done in lead pips, That’s the whole damn flint water crisis. They don’t replace them because left undisturbed they’re not shedding at a dangerous rate, but once you fuck around with flow and pressure, it gets bad real quick.
ironhydroxide@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
Or changing the chemical package you add to the water to, for example, prevent scaling in pipes.
spitfire@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Oof, I should have guessed it’s US&A.
Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 months ago
No, Germans. ->: verbraucherzentrale.de/…/bleileitungen-verboten-l…
And in “We” I meant the world population having old stock of lead in ground that are generally safe if handled properly.