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Post by wulvo on Jun 14, 2012 21:09:09 GMT
Last December the water company relined many of the water pipes around our village. Sadly it stopped two houses away from me. So I still get my water through a lead pipe  Thankfully it has had no long lasting effects. Yeah right! |
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Post by mcfarmer on Jun 15, 2012 0:46:40 GMT
Do you use a lot of water ? The less the water sits in the pipe I would think there would be less of a problem. Or not.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 15, 2012 7:33:55 GMT
If the water is 'hard' there is unlikely to be a problem. I think fluoride is more dangerous!
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Post by mcfarmer on Jun 15, 2012 12:32:57 GMT
Joyce, Joyce, Joyce, modern times and all that.
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Post by 4wd on Jun 15, 2012 12:59:47 GMT
They did this round here some 4 or 5 years ago, although the lining will give the pipes many years extra life and was done with far less digging up than complete replacement, there have been a a couple of leaks to sort out since - including one was making a big wet patch in my field!
(we are on our own spring mind!)
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Post by Deleted on Jun 15, 2012 16:21:35 GMT
Lucky you, 4wd......... not being systematically poisoned then  |
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Post by wulvo on Jun 15, 2012 20:13:33 GMT
Do you use a lot of water ? The less the water sits in the pipe I would think there would be less of a problem. Or not. The water company flush the pipe out every now and then and take samples before and after. There are four houses on the lead pipe. So I don't think the water stands for very long. |
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Post by mcfarmer on Jun 17, 2012 0:57:41 GMT
We have three wells on this farm, all have water at different depths and I can taste the difference between them. The one we use the most is 30 feet deep with 25 feet of water, I don't think you could pump it dry.
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Post by wulvo on Jun 17, 2012 15:56:51 GMT
We have three wells on this farm, all have water at different depths and I can taste the difference between them. The one we use the most is 30 feet deep with 25 feet of water, I don't think you could pump it dry. Three wells and all are water. That is bad luck. You need to farm in Texas may be drill for oil  (Looks at map of US to see if mcfarmer's avatar is actually Texas) |
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