That does make sense Otto. Two different governments !
Please bear in mind that i'm a little behind the times but our federal EPA was having us test our water for over 100 different contaminants every year. I would imagine that list has been expanded to over 150 by now.
Anyway ... different places ... different building practices.
You know, i remember seeing a lead pipe back when i was a kid in the 60's but i've never actually seen one in use in a house.
The big thing when i was running the water company was daily water testing. We had chemical injection pumps at the pumping station and what we would do is buffer the PH so that the water wasn't aggressive. As the water quality changed we would adjust the rate of injection accordingly and keep it as close to neutral as possible. That way it doesn't react with everything out there.
You know about opinions and all but i don't see lead solder joints,brass fittings, or even galvanized water pipes as being a major concern. Kinda old skool that way.
Don't know about a pipe that was completely made of lead though. That's going from possibly leaching out trace amounts of nasty to something a thousand times more.
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