Lead And Copper In Your Drinking Water Can Affect Your Life

Lead And Copper In Your Drinking Water Can Affect Your Life One of the biggest concerns that the advanced solution of copper pipe repairs that the team of piping experts at Nu Flow Tech offers addresses, is the prevention of exposure to lead and copper contamination in drinking water across the globe. While the idea of drinking water that contains lead is a matter of concern for most, there is often uncertainty regarding how bad it is for your health. There is even greater uncertainty regarding how does lead and copper end up in the water running from our taps. The Nu Flow Tech team could should some light on both these concerns.

The first question which we need to address is how do these metals end up in our water pipes. While it can be easy to simply point a blaming finger to our city councils, this is not necessarily the right way to approach the concern. During the past two decades councils have been taking numerous steps to minimize the exposure to these metals in our drinking water.

There has been a time when a lot of construction took place and as lead and copper appeared to be two types of metal that would provide durability to pipelines, it was widely used. At that time science wasn’t yet as advanced as it is today and there was a severe lack of knowledge regarding what happens to lead over time. Today we know that these pipes will only last for a certain period but the amount of infrastructure that needs to be replaced is simply immense. Even if there are no lead service lines to your house, it may still be that you have lead soldering, brass faucets and galvanized iron pipelines in your home. These can all result in potential exposure of your water to contamination.

Traces of these metals enter the water when a chemical reaction occurs within the copper and lead-containing plumbing materials. Over time these metals start to corrode and then expose the material to the chemicals in the water and this is what causes the chemical reaction. The acidity of the water, the level of minerals present inside your water, the temperature of the water and the level of wear on the inner surfaces of the pipes all play a role. Lastly, when there are changes in the pressure inside the pipes, this can also cause damage to your pipe systems.

While having too high levels of lead and copper in your blood is bad for you, it is especially children that are the most vulnerable. While not advised, bathing and showering in this

water can still be relatively safe as the human skin doesn’t absorb lead in water. However, when it comes to drinking water, it is a different story.

Poisoning caused by traces of these metals stemming from prolonged exposure to it in your water can result in neurological changes in your brain, slowed development in children, an increased level of irritability and when the levels in your bloodstream become too high, it can even result in death.

Further symptoms include pain in joints and the abdomen, fatigue, hyperactivity, a loss of appetite, constipation, vomiting and nausea. These patients also experience abdomen pains and they can suffer from insomnia and memory loss.

While city councils are trying to resolve this concern as fast as possible, it is quite a massive undertaking to replace all questionable pipes and fittings in an entire city. This is why the copper pipe repair solution that Nu Flow Tech offers serves as an outstanding solution as it is much more cost-effective to complete and their teams of technicians can fulfill the task in a much shorter time frame than the conventional method that requires digging up pipes.

About Us : Our story starts in 1998 when we opened our first office in Canada.

Due to the hard work and diligence of our qualified and highly skilled team, we could expand beyond expectations and are now a global service provider. Our sophisticated solution is setting a new benchmark as it doesn’t only bring about a much more cost-effective solution but also due to it being such an environmentally friendly option. The wastage from the construction industry has been a major headache for years already as this is filling landfill sites. As our solution expands the lifespan of your existing system, there is hardly any wastage involved.

Visit our website at https://www.nuflowtech.com/ and learn more about our advanced solution and the benefits it holds for you.