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A COMPARISON OF RESIDENTIAL COPPER PIPES CARRYING HOT AND COLD WATER
Citation:
Moor, J. F. AND D. A. Lytle. A COMPARISON OF RESIDENTIAL COPPER PIPES CARRYING HOT AND COLD WATER. Presented at Fifth Annual EPA Drinking Water Workshop on Treatment and Distribution System Compliance Challenges, Cincinnati, OH, August 05 - 07, 2008.
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Each year, the U.S. EPA examines numerous lead, iron, and copper pipes pulled from active use in homes and drinking water distribution systems throughout the United States. The intent of the work is to better understand factors that influence the release of metals into drinking water from distribution system materials and it’s control. Pipe analysis is performed at the Agency’s state-of-the-art pipe preparation and analysis center in Cincinnati, Ohio, by researchers in the Water Supply and Resources Division (WSWRD). The objective of this poster presentation is to highlight efforts to better understand the role of temperature on the nature of corrosion by-products formed on copper pipes used in residential plumbing.