Problem is the acidity is too high and older homes using 0.028 copper. Either the city didn't do enough testing or someone from the government is getting kickbacks in the copper pipe or PVC conversion industry

I used to live here. I started maintaining pools and used my test kit to test the tap water. It was acidic (6.8pH) and had chlorine levels the same as a swimming pool. That's probably why everyone in the area was getting rare forms of cancer. The young girl down the street from my house died of a rare cancer. Dirt used to come straight out of the tap sometimes too.

@Tate.TopG.

3 жыл бұрын

Oh fuck, the city was not aware of this issue

@ElectricalExistence

3 жыл бұрын

Dirt coming out just means its too pure 😂

@jrich43

3 жыл бұрын

@SJW libtard wrecker Standard liquid chlorine has a pH of 12 so it's definitely NOT acidic. Granular chlorine like di-chlor and tri-chlor have a pH of around 3. I'm pretty sure that's because of the added cyaneric acid which helps to stabilise the chlorine.

@AK-dr8we

2 жыл бұрын

Is that because they were drinking that water, or just because they were using it for washing?

"Too pure for the pipe" sounds like a Christian rap song about abstinence.

Enjoy your chemical slurry. Never drink from the tap.

Crazy! Thanks for sharing

So acidic now means pure?

@nicholasbyram296

3 жыл бұрын

High pH does not means acidic.

What a crock...of...exactly the OPPOSITE is most likely.

@kbanghart

3 жыл бұрын

According to who, you? What is your data?

@ElectricalExistence

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, in no reality does clean water do this. They mention the ph. Thats likey the issue. High ph indicates impure water...

@ElectricalExistence

3 жыл бұрын

Ph or acidity is basically the measure of Electric charge in a fluid. High ph means acidic. Acids eat through things...

@kbanghart

3 жыл бұрын

@@ElectricalExistence Is the pH high?

@ElectricalExistence

3 жыл бұрын

@@kbanghart the lower the number the more acidic.

This very same situation is happening in Grass Valley California Nevada County my mom's apartment has had three different leaks throughout her apartment 10 holes they blaming an oxidation that the pipes are too close to the pressurized metal pipes for the fire suppression and they continuously how to cut holes in the ceilings throughout the apartments to fix these pinhole leaks in copper pipes Joe Dirt NorCal

I think it’s possible that copper pipes might have impurities in the pipe during production. Also, engineers need to look into seeing if stray currents from the homes electrical system is traveling through the pipes. If that is the case, any little metal particles in the pipe would heat up and possibly burn through the pipe. Another thing to look into, is if the electrical current running through the pipe is creating hydrogen gas. Best thing to do is talk to a company that specializes in electroplating to get more insight.

There are two conditions that can cause a pinhole leak in copper pipe: mixed metals in the plumbing and acidic water. These conditions cause internal corrosion of copper pipes.

@Riskninjaz

9 ай бұрын

Very cool to know. Any links or resources. Diy’er. 👍🏻🤟🏻

so is it that it is to pure or that it is contaminated with something making ph levels high? cant have both.

Sounds like the water is too dirty to me.

@louf7178

3 жыл бұрын

Dirty?

@oglingling

3 жыл бұрын

Opposite of clean

Here’s why it happened they used to use type L copper pipe and they switched it to type M in the late 70s which is a lot thinner copper pipe which is a lot less robust than type L

@user-nq8vm2iv9v

5 ай бұрын

You know it ! Even the composite of copper pipe is less pure today than 50 yrs ago.

No .they increased the flouride ppm simple. I'm not a mechanic just my opinion.

@louf7178

3 жыл бұрын

Chemist

Would anyone pay for the study, if they could get an answer. I have a working theory

Thinner pipe wall thickness as well as inferior manufacturing processes. Thinner pipe walls means savings $$ for manufacturing!

@louf7178

3 жыл бұрын

Definitely not simple.

Looks like electrolysis to me.

@KOVIDGOON

3 жыл бұрын

Ding ding ding. You guessed it. This is from poor plumbing at the source

@robertkaminski5235

3 жыл бұрын

No it’s from the Electrican, he didn’t run the ground wire to within 5 feet of the water meter, like the electrical code calls for. Or didn’t jump the meter properly.

@theprestriedge4657

3 жыл бұрын

@@robertkaminski5235 electrolysis is a crazy thing it can travel through water even....Sometimes it’s like pissing on a campfire trying to isolate it....I have been plumbing for thirty five years.

When their are trying to avoid law suits. Feed the public bs

Holy Water: I fear no water. But that, thing...

It could be a lot of things One being electrolysis combined with certain minerals or lack of I’d be quite concerned especially for the prisoners in the local prisons that have no choice but to drink that water

Water in dynamic situation causes pinning due to electrolysis from electrical bleeding unddrground so after time its a combination of chems n electrolysis that water conducts the more friction and velocity the faster the pinning but a phenomenon like electrolysis u cannot avoid in copper, galvanize n cast so up north change ur codes use sch 80 pvc dig deeper....its only my opinion after 32yrs of irrigation in Florida and long island ny...

Reverse osmosis water does this also .

Sounds like a case of the could bees

Water that is filtered through reverse osmosis systems can cause leaks just like this

That is not due to the water being too pure 😂. At intel they use ultra pure water that is dangerous for human consumption but will pit copper pipe but thats why everything out there is stainless. If all the pin holes are near fittings, that means the pipes were never reamed and turbulence is causing all those pin holes.

@user-nq8vm2iv9v

5 ай бұрын

I bet they paid a bundle for a BS analysis.

Stagnant water, happened at a new school near here.

Tap water kills my plants, have to give them bottled water. Water comes out super cloudy.

@TheBraulio7850

3 жыл бұрын

Bottled water for plants? May I please reccomend and RV water filter. That’s what I use for my plants and animals and even myself. It cleans the water exceptionally well

@rustyshackleferd204

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheBraulio7850 I'd have to set something up on my outside spicket.

@TheBraulio7850

3 жыл бұрын

@@rustyshackleferd204 $30 and you replace thousands of water bottles. It attaches to hoses

Could be solar radiation particles

For all you idiots that have commented "The measurement of alkalinity and pH is needed to determine the corrosivity of the water. The pH of pure water (H20) is 7 at 25oC, but when exposed to the carbon dioxide in the atmosphere this equilibrium results in a pH of approximately 5.2."

Too much PH causes this, that’s why it’s so important to test water for your pools and spas so your equipment doesn’t corrode. You’d think the water plants would know this obviously when it comes to our water and all the pipes that carry it to our homes. I feel like homeowners shouldn’t have to pay out of their own pockets for this honestly.

@leonsolyluna2

7 ай бұрын

Actually it is the opposite, low labels of PH which means the water is acid which can cause metal deterioration

@user-nq8vm2iv9v

5 ай бұрын

City not paying attention at water dept!

It's the copper and the galvanized pipe reacting To each other

@johnmartin3735

3 жыл бұрын

Correct

Pure.. pure clear flavorless odorless corrosive and slightly flammable liquids..

If it can do that to pipes imagine what it would do to you if you drink it

9.0 is a absurdly high PH level. Chemically speaking, there should be no way drinking water could attack or compromise copper pipes. First, why so acidic? Second, any testing of this type should be very easy, the procedures are old technology. This sounds like another failure of California.

@popanollie1

3 жыл бұрын

0 on a ph scale is most acidic. the other high end would be 14, and that would be called a base. 5,6,7,8,9 would be considered neutral on the ph scale..

@911WASanINSIDEjob420

3 жыл бұрын

@@popanollie1 anything above 7 is base

@popanollie1

3 жыл бұрын

@@911WASanINSIDEjob420 you right only 7 is completly neutral, but still 9 is base not acid

@911WASanINSIDEjob420

3 жыл бұрын

@@popanollie1 too true

@carsonridge8978

3 жыл бұрын

@@popanollie1 True, I realized my mistake.

Too pure wouldn't have a ph that high. Pure water has a neutral ph.

@davidamoritz

3 жыл бұрын

You failed science dude

Also if pvc connects to copper the point of connection will build electrolysis Alot faster it will happen faster anytime two different materials connect copp to galv or copp to cast of copp to pvc it has to due with the natural grounding the pipe causes and acts as it attracts current to it then it builds up in pin points

This happened in Macomb illinois as well. The copper pipes werent up ti standards either. Cheap developers. Almost every house there has had to have pipes replaced with pex on their own dime.

@allstarsk331

2 жыл бұрын

This is the best hypothesis. My house has become an issue and built in 08. But it only is happening to hot water pipes

Too pure??? Uhh that makes no scientific sense

Cheap Chinese copper pipe, to thin, the pinholes are from small dents that push inward then acidic water and minerals wear thru it.

@ButterfatFarms

8 ай бұрын

Okay where did they get the Chinese copper pipe in 1970s South Florida again?

I call BS.

Electrolysis plumbing is poorly done

Worthless news piece except for the doom and gloom repair costs which is just a bit obvious.

You know, this sort of thing never occurs in lead pipes. I'm just throwing that out there...

@koshnaranek2317

3 жыл бұрын

Lenwood Van Natter Or PVC.

I think it’s cheap overseas inferior pipes

BS !

Stolen water

@louf7178

3 жыл бұрын

Huh?

lolololol million dollar question they still have copper pipes lolol

@spiritmama

Жыл бұрын

Copper isn’t awful for pipes. It continuously kills bacteria, fungi, algae, etc. Even hospitals are opting to use more copper in their surfaces for the anti-microbial effect.

Water too pure, life on Venus. American scientists are something else. Lol

Made in China

@ButterfatFarms

8 ай бұрын

So they were using Chinese copper pipe in the late 1970s when my folks Condo building was built in Florida that had pinhole leaks developing in the copper piping throughout units by the 1990s early 2000s? Pretty sure you're full of crap about that.

Water can never be to pure.

@reluctantprophet

3 жыл бұрын

Then go drink a gallon or two of DI water....

Use pex .