Chloramine in your water and your plumbing and your health.................

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Shan's Note: About a year or so ago, the water utility in my city changed

to using chloramines to disinfect the water. It might be a good idea to

check what your water utility is using........

Links to information about how chloramines in your water will eat your

plumbing. If your water utlility has changed to using Chloramines to disinfect

your water, it would be a good idea to keep any eye on it. And it does

this to the plumbing, I wonder what it is doing to your insides?

 

 

Chloramine Facts

Sections - Definitions and Information; Characteristics of Chloramine;

Inadequate Studies;

Effects of Chloramine on Human Health; Filtration; Misleading Statements

from the SFPUC;Business Effects; Plumbing Problems and Some Implications for

Health; Environmental Effects; CCAC Recommendations

Plumbing Problems and Some Implications for Health

Chloramine can cause leaching of lead from lead pipes, lead soldering and

from so called **lead free** brass plumbing parts.

Lead leached by chloramine can cause lead poisoning. Lead poisoning can

cause neurological damage, health problems and even death in young children.

Chloramine can cause pinhole pitting in copper pipes. Leaks from the

pinholes can cause mold to grow. Some molds are highly toxic to humans and can

endanger the health of individuals, often permanently.

Insurance companies do not cover damage from mold. As a result, some

homeowners lose their homes. Chloramine can cause rubber corrosion of rubber

plumbing parts like toilet flappers and rubber casings. Rubber corroded

parts need to be replaced with chloramine resistant parts such as synthetic

polymer.

Rubber corrosion can be spotted as early as 6 months after chloramine has

been added to the water supply. Signs of corrosion can be seen when little

black specks appear in the water from plumbing parts.

The thousands to tens of thousands of dollars in plumbing repair costs

caused by chloramine are passed on to property owners.

_http://gerardlum.com/ccac_v2/chloraminefacts.htm#plumbingproblems_

(http://gerardlum.com/ccac_v2/chloraminefacts.htm#plumbingproblems)

_http://gerardlum.com/ccac_v2/literature_pdf/chloramine_facts_060911.pdf_

(http://gerardlum.com/ccac_v2/literature_pdf/chloramine_facts_060911.pdf)

 

 

DOMESTIC WATER DISINFECTION USING CHLORAMINES

9./ How will chloramine effect household plumbing, pipes, and water

heaters? After the conversion, rubber parts on some household plumbing and

water

heaters may degrade faster than previously experienced. When replacing

rubber plumbing parts, ask for chloramine-resistant parts, which are

reaavailable. Plumbing and hardware supply stores and lumbers will be able to

provide

further information. Please see Chloramine Degradation for more

information

_http://lbre.stanford.edu/luep/sites/all/lbre-shareddocs_public/stanf

ord_chloramine.pdf_

(http://lbre.stanford.edu/luep/sites/all/lbre-shareddocs_public/stanford_\

chloramine.pdf)