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If you are looking for a simple design with more control of your draws, a straight tube bong would be a great choice. Smaller bongs provide more manageable hits while extra-large bongs require some experience. Bongs can also have different built-in features such as ice catchers or percolators designed for maximum cooling. For a more… Continue reading Replacing Lead Water Pipes with Plastic Could Raise New Safety Issues

About 39 billion gallons of water a day are withdrawn from surface water or groundwater sources for public supply.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 could be spent on… Continue reading Replacing Lead Water Pipes with Plastic Could Raise New Safety Issues

For example, its Water & Environmental Programs provides direct and guaranteed loans, grants, technical assistance, and training to build critical infrastructure for populations of 10,000 or less. From 2015 to 2019, USDA provided over $4.5 billion for 2,016 drinking water projects. Some of the nation’s oldest pipes were laid in the 19th century, and pipes… Continue reading Replacing Lead Water Pipes with Plastic Could Raise New Safety Issues

Ceramic bongs typically look like vases and offer a more modern appearance if you like leaving your bong out in the open. Ceramic bongs are known for their intricate designs but can break more easily than glass. Silicone bongs are continuing to grow in popularity as they are practically indestructible. This type of bong recycles… Continue reading Replacing Lead Water Pipes with Plastic Could Raise New Safety Issues

Whelton and his colleagues have actively pursued questions about potential contaminants in the water carried in plastic and other types of drinking water pipes. Two years later the team published a study that compared contaminants released by copper pipes and by 11 brands of a total of four types of plastic pipes. Microbial growth thresholds… Continue reading Replacing Lead Water Pipes with Plastic Could Raise New Safety Issues

In 2019, about a third of all utilities had a robust asset management program in place to help prioritize their capital and operations/maintenance investments, which is an increase from 20% in 2016. Finally, water utilities are improving their resilience by developing and updating risk assessments and emergency response plans, as well as deploying innovative water… Continue reading Replacing Lead Water Pipes with Plastic Could Raise New Safety Issues

Some researchers say plastic pipes in the U.S. have not yet undergone the same degree of water quality and health scrutiny as pipes made of copper, iron, steel and cement. With these so-called legacy materials, methods to prevent or remedy leaching, permeation and other issues are well known, says environmental engineer Andrew Whelton of Purdue… Continue reading Replacing Lead Water Pipes with Plastic Could Raise New Safety Issues

None of these three studies, all funded by the U.S.’s NSF and performed with pipes marked as certified to Standard 61, was designed to make direct health claims, Whelton says. Instead they were meant to reveal potential contaminants—some of which could hold implications for water quality and health—that could be produced glass pipes by interactions… Continue reading Replacing Lead Water Pipes with Plastic Could Raise New Safety Issues

Filtering for lead is relatively easy and inexpensive if using a faucet-mounted product with a carbon filter. Check to make sure it is certified specifically for lead removal by NSF International or the Water Quality Association. Also use “lead-free” fixtures and faucets, with less than 0.25 percent lead. But ORNL’s study didn’t focus on specific… Continue reading Replacing Lead Water Pipes with Plastic Could Raise New Safety Issues

Modular bongs make it easy to swap in cool features and adjust the size of your water pipe. The GRAV Labs STAX Collection ranks #1 when it comes to modular pipes – by far. If you’d like to get started with STAX, try a STAX Starter Kit that includes a base, perc, and mouthpiece to… Continue reading Replacing Lead Water Pipes with Plastic Could Raise New Safety Issues