Comment on ngl it gets you pretty buzzed

• rumba@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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.

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  • ironhydroxide@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Or changing the chemical package you add to the water to, for example, prevent scaling in pipes.

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  • spitfire@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Oof, I should have guessed it’s US&A.

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    • rumba@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Indeed, but if it makes you feel better, our last visible crisis ended 10 years ago. incidentally, they still have lead pipes going to hundreds of houses there…

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• Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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.

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