Long-Term Behavior of Simulated Partial Lead Service Line Replacements

Environmental Engineering Science

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 53-64

  St Clair, Justin ^a   Cartier, Clement ^b   Triantafyllidou, Simoni ^a   Clark, Brandi ^a   Edwards, Marc ^a  

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

^b INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN IMMUNOLOGY AND CANCER   (Canada)

Author keywords

Corrosion; drinking water; galvanic corrosion; lead; partial lead service line replacement

Indexed keywords

CORROSION; GALVANIC CORROSION; HEALTH RISKS; LEAD; LEAD DEPOSITS; PLASTIC PIPE; POTABLE WATER;

GALVANIC CONNECTION; HIGH-FLOW RATE; LEAD RELEASE; LONG-TERM BEHAVIOR; LONG-TERM IMPACTS; PARTIAL REPLACEMENT; PILOT STUDIES; SERVICE LINE;

RIVERS;

COPPER; IRON; LEAD;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BODY WEIGHT LOSS; COMPRESSION; CORROSION; FLOW RATE; GALVANIC CURRENT; PILOT STUDY; SIMULATION; WATER CONTAMINATION;

EID: 84986255435     PISSN: 10928758     EISSN: 15579018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ees.2015.0337     Document Type: Article

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