Abstract Purpose of Review Lead can enter drinking water from lead service lines and lead-
containing plumbing, particularly in the presence of corrosive water. We review the current …

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 …

Problems identified with elevated lead in drinking water associated with galvanized steel
pipes were recently hypothesized to result from lead accumulation on galvanized steel pipe …

Legacy lead and copper components are ubiquitous in plumbing of large buildings including
schools that serve children most vulnerable to lead exposure. Lead and copper samples …

Lead contamination of potable water in new buildings on the University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill campus was traced to corrosion of inline brass plumbing devices …

Galvanic corrosion as a mechanism of toxic lead release into drinking water has been under
scientific debate in the US for over 30 years. Visual and mineralogical analysis of 28 lead …

Corrosion is ubiquitous: all engineering systems are subject to environmental degradation in
service environments, whether these systems are used for national defense or to save and …

Effects of plumbing-specific installation factors on brass corrosion were investigated in a
series of pipe-loop experiments. Increased flow velocity increased corrosion rates, but did …

The pervasiveness of lead in drinking water poses a significant public health threat, which
can be reduced by implementing preventive measures. However, the causes of elevated …

Recent research has indicated that lead in water of private wells is in the range of that which
caused problems in Flint, Michigan. However, there is limited understanding of the …