[Dr. Bogus Pachysandra]

I added AquaMag to the treatment schedule at the plant I operated for 30 years to neutralize the Ph. Our problem with Iron. Actually the problem was slightly acidic water. Neutralize it, and leaching problems end. It also slightly coats anything it comes into contact with, mains, tanks all piping. Also makes vales work better. Good stuff!

[Paladin2]

Yeah, the engineering/chemistry is well settled. I put the blame on the water treatment folks and the local Political Structure.

[cpdiii]

I added AquaMag to the treatment schedule at the plant I operated for 30 years to neutralize the Ph. Our problem with Iron. Actually the problem was slightly acidic water. Neutralize it, and leaching problems end. It also slightly coats anything it comes into contact with, mains, tanks all piping. Also makes vales work better. Good stuff!

Bingo! The solution to the problem was simple. The problem was not the intake water but plumbing containing lead. If the water is acidic it can "mobilize" the lead in the plumbing and thus put it in solution. All they had to do is make the water mildly basic with sodium bicarbonate or other harmless chemicals. Thus the lead would not mobilize.

The real problem is idiots in charge!