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Status_Silver_5114 t1_j2uqbrz wrote

Reply to comment by hurricanetruther in Do you guys drink the water from the facet ? by tryhardwhore

Old house but new pipes as is our entire street. Ask your landlord before you spend money on a filter / esp more freaking plastic ones. It’s not hard to figure out where the old pipes are and the city has done a bunch of replacements already over the last 6/7 years. It’s way better than it was and the water quality in the city is actually quite good. Cloudy water might be a more local problem (ie just your house or a bad aerator or something else going on.)

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GotenRocko t1_j2xemwq wrote

That's not a guarantee, pw prior to the last few years only kept records of the city side pipe material. So the map saying there is a copper service is not a guarantee that the owner side is also copper. The replacement rate of the owner side before flint was very low, so on your street that shows all copper it's likely most are actually still partially lead.

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Status_Silver_5114 t1_j2xf7fj wrote

I know for a fact our entire street (albeit a small one) has all turned over their lines since we’ve lived here and the city replaced the mains they lead to. I’m just suggesting ask the owner / landlord.

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