Boil Water Advisory

Boil Water Advisory

The conventional and highly appropriate response from regulatory agencies in times of water emergencies is to notify all consumers to boil all water used for drinking or culinary purposes until bacteriological samples demonstrate that the water is safe, and/oruntil...
Corrosions Accelerators

Corrosions Accelerators

Recently I did a site survey at a local 20-year-old hotel. The internal copper water pipes are eroding away for some reason. The punch list above includes potential causes. This erosion will not fix itself. If the root cause cannot be identified, then an internal pipe...
Calcium Water Hardness and Iron in Water

Calcium Water Hardness and Iron in Water

Calcium hardness in water comes out of solution when heated. It is called inverse solubility. Instead of being more soluble at higher temperatures, like table salt, calcium will precipitate out as white scale. It is the old tea pot scale story. When there is iron in...