Understanding how brass ball valves passing certification testing can cause elevated lead in water when installed

Water Research

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 3240-3250

  Triantafyllidou, Simoni ^a   Raetz, Meredith ^b   Parks, Jeffrey ^a   Edwards, Marc ^a  

^a Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University   (United States)

^b Malcolm Pirnie The Water Division of Arcadis   (United States)

Author keywords

Brass; Certification protocol; Diffusion; Flux; Lead leaching; New construction

Indexed keywords

BRASS; DIFFUSION; FLUXES; LEACHING;

CERTIFICATION TESTING; HIGH WATER; LEACHING TEST; LEAD CONCENTRATION; LEAD LEACHING; NATIONAL SANITATION FOUNDATION STANDARDS; NEW CONSTRUCTIONS; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE;

POTABLE WATER;

DRINKING WATER; LEAD;

BRASS; CERTIFICATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIFFUSION; DRINKING WATER; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLUX MEASUREMENT; INSTALLATION; LEACHING; LEAD; SANITATION; TESTING METHOD; WATER POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; CERTIFICATION; DEVICES; EXPOSURE; LEACHING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VELOCITY; WATER CONTAMINATION;

EID: 84861196450     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2012.03.022     Document Type: Article

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