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Absolutely wrong. I was a Project Manager for years and every organization I ever worked with had a bucket of money for maintenance and a separate one for capitol expenditures. And because of that we were often stuck repairing equipment that should have been replaced.sorry but youre wrong,, its all one in the same,,,Maintenance id REPAIR...not replacementwhen they charged people for maintenance and didnt provide it it is,,,Having an aging infra structure (lead pipes for instance) is NOT a "failure"...big difference between a large natural disaster and a failure of a city/county,,,
they should have dealt with this yrs ago,,,
You fucking idiot. "Sweating" IS the act of soldering dope.Hey, Einstein, where did I say that you didn't need to solder a copper sweat joint. Show me, I'll wait. Learn to read you fucking moron.If you aren't smart enough to know that you need to solder a copper sweat joint
oh shut up you nazi canadian skank,,,in all my 45 yrs of working on old houses I have never seen a single lead water pipe,, they are used fro drain pipes but not water pipes because they cant handle the pressure,,Safe drinking water for everyone in America is an important goal, and Joe Biden’s American Jobs Plan makes a $111 billion investment toward that. While the majority of the funding goes to modernizing water treatment and delivery systems and remediating potentially harmful chemicals like PFAS, what’s gotten the most attention is a $45 billion initiative to “replace 100 percent of the nation’s lead pipes and service lines.”
If we could manage to do this, it would make a huge difference. Lead exposure has been credibly linked to stunted child development, kidney disease, auditory problems, brain damage, behavioral challenges, and more provocatively, crime. We eliminated leaded gasoline and paint in the 1970s and yet it still lingers as a persistent problem. And part of that comes through water tainted as it flows through lead pipes.
But if you want to replace all the lead water pipes in America, the first thing you have to do is find all the lead water pipes in America.
First 100: To Remove Lead Water Pipes, First You Must Find Them
And then you have to remove the whole pipe, including the part on private property.prospect.org
This sounds like it has the makings of a chaotic nightmare. I don't have a problem with it as long as homeowners are not having to come up with money to replace them.
The entire issue in Flint Michigan with their water pipes was due to lead in the water system, so it's a fallacy to say this isn't a problem in the USA.
So far, all we know is that it's an issue in Flynt Michigan.
Who is this “we” you speak of? I posted a link to an article that said the 10 million homes are being served by lead pipes in the United States.
Apparently millions of people are aware that this is an ongoing issue, but you are not one of them.
I think we are past the time you should worry about america and focus on your own country,,,
Canada is now officially a totalitarian shithole
the level of this is amazing,, how can you call yourself a decent people when you allow the government to do this to you for just going to church,, JAILED the pastor, STORMED the church, FENCED it off, now DOZENS of Covid TROOPS in gas masks raid worshippers OUTSIDE! [VIDEO] The pastor of...www.usmessageboard.com
Because of something that fool Blaylock posted on this board???? You're even dumber than you look.
its all one department in charge of a specific utility,,Absolutely wrong. I was a Project Manager for years and every organization I ever worked with had a bucket of money for maintenance and a separate one for capitol expenditures. And because of that we were often stuck repairing equipment that should have been replaced.sorry but youre wrong,, its all one in the same,,,Maintenance id REPAIR...not replacementwhen they charged people for maintenance and didnt provide it it is,,,Having an aging infra structure (lead pipes for instance) is NOT a "failure"...big difference between a large natural disaster and a failure of a city/county,,,
they should have dealt with this yrs ago,,,
No. It is not. Talk to anyone who deal with organizational finance. There is a bucket of money allocated for main. and one for Capitol Expenditures and the latter is far harder to shake loose. And that means that equipment that SHOULD be replaced ends up getting patched together because maint money is always being spent and Capitol Expenditures take a near act of God.its all one department in charge of a specific utility,,
its the same organization that failed to deal with the problem,, so they should pay for it not me,,No. It is not. Talk to anyone who deal with organizational finance. There is a bucket of money allocated for main. and one for Capitol Expenditures and the latter is far harder to shake loose. And that means that equipment that SHOULD be replaced ends up getting patched together because maint money is always being spent and Capitol Expenditures take a near act of God.its all one department in charge of a specific utility,,
What a douchebag remarkoh shut up you nazi canadian skank,,,
not so if you didnt edit it out of context,,What a douchebag remarkoh shut up you nazi canadian skank,,,
Water pipes have been copper for many-many decades. I have never see an lead pipe anywhere. Modern homes today have PEX pipes (used for 30 years now) which have no metal at all.That's interesting. I don't know anything about the water pipes in old houses (or new ones or in general).in all my 45 yrs of working on old houses I have never seen a single lead water pipe,, they are used fro drain pipes but not water pipes because they cant handle the pressure,,Safe drinking water for everyone in America is an important goal, and Joe Biden’s American Jobs Plan makes a $111 billion investment toward that. While the majority of the funding goes to modernizing water treatment and delivery systems and remediating potentially harmful chemicals like PFAS, what’s gotten the most attention is a $45 billion initiative to “replace 100 percent of the nation’s lead pipes and service lines.”
If we could manage to do this, it would make a huge difference. Lead exposure has been credibly linked to stunted child development, kidney disease, auditory problems, brain damage, behavioral challenges, and more provocatively, crime. We eliminated leaded gasoline and paint in the 1970s and yet it still lingers as a persistent problem. And part of that comes through water tainted as it flows through lead pipes.
But if you want to replace all the lead water pipes in America, the first thing you have to do is find all the lead water pipes in America.
First 100: To Remove Lead Water Pipes, First You Must Find Them
And then you have to remove the whole pipe, including the part on private property.
This sounds like it has the makings of a chaotic nightmare. I don't have a problem with it as long as homeowners are not having to come up with money to replace them.
this is about mainlines not the ones inside houses,,Water pipes have been copper for many-many decades. I have never see an lead pipe anywhere. Modern homes today have PEX pipes which have no metal at all.That's interesting. I don't know anything about the water pipes in old houses (or new ones or in general).in all my 45 yrs of working on old houses I have never seen a single lead water pipe,, they are used fro drain pipes but not water pipes because they cant handle the pressure,,Safe drinking water for everyone in America is an important goal, and Joe Biden’s American Jobs Plan makes a $111 billion investment toward that. While the majority of the funding goes to modernizing water treatment and delivery systems and remediating potentially harmful chemicals like PFAS, what’s gotten the most attention is a $45 billion initiative to “replace 100 percent of the nation’s lead pipes and service lines.”
If we could manage to do this, it would make a huge difference. Lead exposure has been credibly linked to stunted child development, kidney disease, auditory problems, brain damage, behavioral challenges, and more provocatively, crime. We eliminated leaded gasoline and paint in the 1970s and yet it still lingers as a persistent problem. And part of that comes through water tainted as it flows through lead pipes.
But if you want to replace all the lead water pipes in America, the first thing you have to do is find all the lead water pipes in America.
First 100: To Remove Lead Water Pipes, First You Must Find Them
And then you have to remove the whole pipe, including the part on private property.
This sounds like it has the makings of a chaotic nightmare. I don't have a problem with it as long as homeowners are not having to come up with money to replace them.
I quoted you directly.not so if you didnt edit it out of context,,What a douchebag remarkoh shut up you nazi canadian skank,,,
you edited my full comment,,I quoted you directly.not so if you didnt edit it out of context,,What a douchebag remarkoh shut up you nazi canadian skank,,,
If you aren't smart enough to know that you need to solder a copper sweat joint I highly ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,LGBdoubt that you worked with that medium. Better yet, you put a sweat joint together without solder and stand under it while I turn the water on.How many copper pipes have you soldered? None, didn't think so. I made my living working with just that medium. The configuration of the soldered joint never allows the water to contact the solder. The solder just holds the pipe in place. Just STFU, you don't know shit.I don't think solder ever comes in contact with the water on a copper pipe joint if it is done right. So that is a non-issue as well.
The solder is what makes the joints watertight, of course it comes into contact with the water. That's why they banned it.
how does it make it water tight if it never touches the water??
OK I'll make it really simple. You have a sweat joint with say a straight pipe and an elbow. You clean the outside of the pipe and the inside of the elbow, then you slide the elbow onto the pipe. Fits kinda snug but is not water tight, trust me if you turned the water on now it would blow the two pieces apart. . The solder fills the gap between the two pieces of copper, fills it completely otherwise it would leak. So not only does the solder weld the two pieces of copper together it acts as the seel to keep the water in. The water is pushing on the solder so of course it comes in contact with it.
There it is. I edited nothingoh shut up you nazi canadian skank,,,
you took it out of the discussion stream and lost all context of the comment,,There it is. I edited nothingoh shut up you nazi canadian skank,,,
I don't know what you think you are saying other than the fact that you basically have no idea what plumbing actually is.If you aren't smart enough to know that you need to solder a copper sweat joint I highly ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,LGBdoubt that you worked with that medium. Better yet, you put a sweat joint together without solder and stand under it while I turn the water on.How many copper pipes have you soldered? None, didn't think so. I made my living working with just that medium. The configuration of the soldered joint never allows the water to contact the solder. The solder just holds the pipe in place. Just STFU, you don't know shit.I don't think solder ever comes in contact with the water on a copper pipe joint if it is done right. So that is a non-issue as well.
The solder is what makes the joints watertight, of course it comes into contact with the water. That's why they banned it.
how does it make it water tight if it never touches the water??
OK I'll make it really simple. You have a sweat joint with say a straight pipe and an elbow. You clean the outside of the pipe and the inside of the elbow, then you slide the elbow onto the pipe. Fits kinda snug but is not water tight, trust me if you turned the water on now it would blow the two pieces apart. . The solder fills the gap between the two pieces of copper, fills it completely otherwise it would leak. So not only does the solder weld the two pieces of copper together it acts as the seel to keep the water in. The water is pushing on the solder so of course it comes in contact with it.
SO WHAT?
Use of Lead Free Pipes, Fittings, Fixtures, Solder, and Flux for Drinking Water
Final "Lead Free" Rule
On September 1, 2020, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published the final regulation "Use of Lead Free Pipes, Fittings, Fixtures, Solder, and Flux for Drinking Water." In the final rule, EPA makes conforming changes to existing regulations based on the Reduction of Lead in Drinking Water Act (RLDWA) and the Community Fire Safety Act enacted by Congress. The final rule also requires that manufacturers or importers certify that their products meet the requirements using a consistent verification process within 3 years of the final rule publication date in the Federal Register. As a result, this new rule will reduce lead in drinking water and assure that states, manufacturers, inspectors and consumers have a common understanding of “Lead Free” plumbing.
Use of Lead Free Pipes, Fittings, Fixtures, Solder, and Flux for Drinking Water
Final "Lead Free" Rule
[...]
Legislative History
In 1986 Congress Amended the Safe Drinking Water Act, prohibiting the use of pipes, solder or flux that were not “lead free” in public water systems or plumbing in facilities providing water for human consumption. At the time "lead free” was defined as solder and flux with no more than 0.2% lead and pipes with no more than 8%.
.Use of Lead Free Pipes, Fittings, Fixtures, Solder, and Flux for Drinking Water | US EPA
Learn about regulations to implement the Section 1417 of the Safe Drinking Water Act prohibiting the use of lead in plumbing components.www.epa.gov
I know the male part goes in the female and a "V" gives two options.I don't know what you think you are saying other than the fact that you basically have no idea what plumbing actually is.If you aren't smart enough to know that you need to solder a copper sweat joint I highly ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,LGBdoubt that you worked with that medium. Better yet, you put a sweat joint together without solder and stand under it while I turn the water on.How many copper pipes have you soldered? None, didn't think so. I made my living working with just that medium. The configuration of the soldered joint never allows the water to contact the solder. The solder just holds the pipe in place. Just STFU, you don't know shit.I don't think solder ever comes in contact with the water on a copper pipe joint if it is done right. So that is a non-issue as well.
The solder is what makes the joints watertight, of course it comes into contact with the water. That's why they banned it.
how does it make it water tight if it never touches the water??
OK I'll make it really simple. You have a sweat joint with say a straight pipe and an elbow. You clean the outside of the pipe and the inside of the elbow, then you slide the elbow onto the pipe. Fits kinda snug but is not water tight, trust me if you turned the water on now it would blow the two pieces apart. . The solder fills the gap between the two pieces of copper, fills it completely otherwise it would leak. So not only does the solder weld the two pieces of copper together it acts as the seel to keep the water in. The water is pushing on the solder so of course it comes in contact with it.
SO WHAT?
Use of Lead Free Pipes, Fittings, Fixtures, Solder, and Flux for Drinking Water
Final "Lead Free" Rule
On September 1, 2020, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published the final regulation "Use of Lead Free Pipes, Fittings, Fixtures, Solder, and Flux for Drinking Water." In the final rule, EPA makes conforming changes to existing regulations based on the Reduction of Lead in Drinking Water Act (RLDWA) and the Community Fire Safety Act enacted by Congress. The final rule also requires that manufacturers or importers certify that their products meet the requirements using a consistent verification process within 3 years of the final rule publication date in the Federal Register. As a result, this new rule will reduce lead in drinking water and assure that states, manufacturers, inspectors and consumers have a common understanding of “Lead Free” plumbing.
Use of Lead Free Pipes, Fittings, Fixtures, Solder, and Flux for Drinking Water
Final "Lead Free" Rule
[...]
Legislative History
In 1986 Congress Amended the Safe Drinking Water Act, prohibiting the use of pipes, solder or flux that were not “lead free” in public water systems or plumbing in facilities providing water for human consumption. At the time "lead free” was defined as solder and flux with no more than 0.2% lead and pipes with no more than 8%.
.Use of Lead Free Pipes, Fittings, Fixtures, Solder, and Flux for Drinking Water | US EPA
Learn about regulations to implement the Section 1417 of the Safe Drinking Water Act prohibiting the use of lead in plumbing components.
ROFL! Sorry, moron, but proving you wrong isn't my job. You have to prove Biden's number is justified.Show me one that shows otherwise. Or admit you only made up this horseshit because you saw Biden's name.Show me any document that says fixing all the lead pipes in the country will cost $111 billion.
By the way, nobody has made the claim it will cost that much just to fix the lead pipes. So you are pissing in the wind anyway.
In really old houses water mains are cast iron with lead solder.in all my 45 yrs of working on old houses I have never seen a single lead water pipe,, they are used fro drain pipes but not water pipes because they cant handle the pressure,,Safe drinking water for everyone in America is an important goal, and Joe Biden’s American Jobs Plan makes a $111 billion investment toward that. While the majority of the funding goes to modernizing water treatment and delivery systems and remediating potentially harmful chemicals like PFAS, what’s gotten the most attention is a $45 billion initiative to “replace 100 percent of the nation’s lead pipes and service lines.”
If we could manage to do this, it would make a huge difference. Lead exposure has been credibly linked to stunted child development, kidney disease, auditory problems, brain damage, behavioral challenges, and more provocatively, crime. We eliminated leaded gasoline and paint in the 1970s and yet it still lingers as a persistent problem. And part of that comes through water tainted as it flows through lead pipes.
But if you want to replace all the lead water pipes in America, the first thing you have to do is find all the lead water pipes in America.
First 100: To Remove Lead Water Pipes, First You Must Find Them
And then you have to remove the whole pipe, including the part on private property.
This sounds like it has the makings of a chaotic nightmare. I don't have a problem with it as long as homeowners are not having to come up with money to replace them.
