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Re:Tesla CEO Elon Musk vows to 'fix' tainted water in Flint,... by dev_dull on Thursday July 12, 2018 @01:48AM (#17512450)
My understanding was that the water isn't actually contaminated, but that they aren't treating it with something that prevents lead from being released in all of the piping. Can someone comment on this?

If that's the case, then really the only thing you can do is put some kind of filter directly on the line to the house.

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Re:Tesla CEO Elon Musk vows to 'fix' tainted water in Flint,... by maxerickson on Thursday July 12, 2018 @07:36AM (#17513586)
Yeah, it was the PH of the source water that Flint switched to that triggered the issues, it dissolved the coating that develops on the inside of pipes (scale).

The city switched back to Detroit water in 2015 (and has since signed a 30 year contract with the succeeding entity that now runs that system) and the state is moving towards requiring eventual replacement of all lead service lines¹.

1. https://www.michigan.gov/documents/deq/deq-tou-dwmad-LeadCop...

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Re:Tesla CEO Elon Musk vows to 'fix' tainted water in Flint,... by dismantlethesun on Thursday July 12, 2018 @02:20AM (#17512560)
You could lay all the pipes again, or treat the water to keep lead from being released.
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