http://envirolaw.com/lead-drinking-water/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=lead-drinking-water News and analysis (not advice) by a top Ontario environmental lawyer Fri, 18 May 2012 00:34:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://envirolaw.com/lead-drinking-water/comment-page-1/#comment-645 DSS Tue, 22 Dec 2009 22:04:28 +0000 http://envirolaw.com/?p=2226#comment-645 Mark, This is an excellent point, thank you. I certainly agree that it is better to test for lead than to waste thousands of gallons of water. Perhaps someone from the ministry will let us know why they have chosen the flushing option, not the sampling option, for schools and daycares. Best wishes for the holidays. Mark,
This is an excellent point, thank you. I certainly agree that it is better to test for lead than to waste thousands of gallons of water. Perhaps someone from the ministry will let us know why they have chosen the flushing option, not the sampling option, for schools and daycares.
Best wishes for the holidays.

]]> http://envirolaw.com/lead-drinking-water/comment-page-1/#comment-644 Mark Hayes Tue, 22 Dec 2009 19:43:03 +0000 http://envirolaw.com/?p=2226#comment-644 First thing that should be done is test the water for lead. This is a $30 to $35 test at a local lab and can cost up to $100 if you have someone come to the house to pull a sample. Running the water for 5 minutes to remove a possibility that is maybe there is unwarranted and wasteful. 2.5 gallons per minute for 5 minutes is 12 gallons per tap. 2 bathroom house and kitchen = 3 *12=36 gallons per day : 36gpd *365 = over 13,000 gallons a year wasted in fear of something that may or may not exist in the water supply. Here's something that is a bit more realistic and far more environmentally damaging. Cities use a Phosphorous compound to negate lead leaching in pipes to levels that are above discharge levels in any industrial nation. Phosphorous is far more dangerous to water bodies than then the little bit of lead exposure one may receive. On that note there is a new source of lead cropping up. It's from cheap Chinese water faucets that can be bought TODAY at any discount or big box home improvement store First thing that should be done is test the water for lead. This is a $30 to $35 test at a local lab and can cost up to $100 if you have someone come to the house to pull a sample. Running the water for 5 minutes to remove a possibility that is maybe there is unwarranted and wasteful. 2.5 gallons per minute for 5 minutes is 12 gallons per tap. 2 bathroom house and kitchen = 3 *12=36 gallons per day : 36gpd *365 = over 13,000 gallons a year wasted in fear of something that may or may not exist in the water supply. Here's something that is a bit more realistic and far more environmentally damaging. Cities use a Phosphorous compound to negate lead leaching in pipes to levels that are above discharge levels in any industrial nation. Phosphorous is far more dangerous to water bodies than then the little bit of lead exposure one may receive. On that note there is a new source of lead cropping up. It's from cheap Chinese water faucets that can be bought TODAY at any discount or big box home improvement store

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