Featured Application This critical review is highly timely and the need of the hour, given the
prolonged and unwanted building closures during the COVID-19 pandemic. Extended water …

This second edition demonstrates how chemistry influences the design of water treatment
plants and how it should influence the design. Historically, water treatment plants have been …

Sources of lead in drinking water are primarily lead pipe, lead/tin solder, and brass fixture
materials. Lead levels in the water depend upon many solubility factors, such as pH …

This paper considers whether the Department of the Environment's water lead concentration
criterion for lead pipe replacement and action in individual cases, ie 50 μ g/1 in any sample …

The extensive school closures due to the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic resulted in
prolonged water stagnation within schools' plumbing for longer durations than routine …

Samples from drinking water fountains in 50 schools in New Jersey were collected at
specific times during a typical school day and analyzed for lead, copper, pH, alkalinity, and …

Data were obtained during a two‐year field and laboratory corrosion study that implicated
brass valves and fittings as a potential source of lead, copper, and zinc in drinking water …

The impacts of distribution water quality changes caused by blending different source waters
on lead release from corrosion loops containing small lead coupons were investigated in a …

Plumbing products made of brass and similar alloys are the only lead containing materials
still installed in drinking water systems and, by law, may contain up to 8% lead. Brass ranges …

Council Directive 98/83/EC on the quality of water intended for human consumption
establishes a high level of protection for the consumer and requires Member States to …