• ricecake@sh.itjust.works
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    6 months ago

    They let a sediment coating form on the lead. We do that too, and it’s why the lead removal programs are only a top priority, and not an active emergency.
    It actually works, because it’s less a lead pipe, and more a “crusty mineral” pipe, with a lead coating.
    Downside being that if you damage that buildup everything goes to shit, hence the decades of working to replace the pipes.