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3 Possible Causes of Noisy Water Pipes Home Matters

The EPA sets national health-based standards and determines the enforceable maximum levels for contaminants in drinking water. All water suppliers are required to notify consumers upon learning of a serious water quality problem, and states and the EPA are required to prepare annual summary reports of water system compliance that must be made available to… Continue reading 3 Possible Causes of Noisy Water Pipes Home Matters

3 Possible Causes of Noisy Water Pipes Home Matters

Over the next two years, one-quarter of the homes tested exceeded the Environmental Protection Agency’s action level — 15 parts per billion — at least once. Scientific American is part of Springer Nature, which owns or has commercial relations with thousands of scientific publications (many of them can be found at /us). Scientific American maintains… Continue reading 3 Possible Causes of Noisy Water Pipes Home Matters

3 Possible Causes of Noisy Water Pipes Home Matters

About 39 billion gallons of water a day are withdrawn from surface water or groundwater sources for public supply. Traditional materials like iron or steel currently make up almost two-thirds of existing municipal water pipe infrastructure. But over the next decade, as much as 80 percent of new municipal investment in water pipes could be… Continue reading 3 Possible Causes of Noisy Water Pipes Home Matters

3 Possible Causes of Noisy Water Pipes Home Matters

As many as 8,000 children were exposed to unsafe levels of lead in Flint, Mich., after the city switched to a new water supply but failed to properly treat the water with chemicals to prevent its lead pipes from disintegrating. Corroding iron pipes, meanwhile, have been linked to two outbreaks of Legionnaires’ disease in Flint… Continue reading 3 Possible Causes of Noisy Water Pipes Home Matters

3 Possible Causes of Noisy Water Pipes Home Matters

To replenish the air chambers in your house you can do the following.Turn off the water supplyto your house at the main supply . When water is running and is then suddenly turned off, the rushing liquid has no place to go and slams against the shut-off valve. Besides being alarming, water hammer can potentially… Continue reading 3 Possible Causes of Noisy Water Pipes Home Matters