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submitted 10 months ago by TehBamski@lemmy.world to c/hydrohomies@lemmy.ml

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[–] Nobody@lemmy.world 18 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

“You know what would make water better? A small container with a shitload of microplastics!“

Filtration gang for life

[–] Bigoldmustard@lemmy.zip 12 points 10 months ago (2 children)

What’s the filter made out of?

-Tap water gang

[–] otter@lemmy.ca 9 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Eh, people usually filter water when their tap water isn't clean enough?

Good quality tap water is also filtered and treated, but it happens earlier down the line

[–] Bigoldmustard@lemmy.zip 2 points 10 months ago

I’m working on my lived experience. I’m not going to apologize for paying a shitload of taxes to have tap water I can drink though.

[–] LoveSausage@lemmy.ml -1 points 10 months ago

Lucky to have spring water in the tap so no filters :)

[–] Thorny_Insight@lemm.ee 2 points 10 months ago (2 children)

What do you think the water lines are made out of?

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Um, copper actually.

[–] Thorny_Insight@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

In your house, sure, but I'll bet if you go check the water main coming to your house it's plastic. If it's super old then it's steel but it sure isn't copper.

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It would maybe be cast iron. Not steel. Plastic isn't typically used here.

[–] Thorny_Insight@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Yeah may be iron aswell. Those old ferrous pipes looks pretty bad on the inside aswell. I'd be quite surprised if there wasn't any plastic pipes used but I guess that's possible.

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Interestingly the whole circuit for the building was redone a few weeks ago. There was no plastic used at any point to the mains (except for a temporary link while waiting for one of the trenches to be dug). As I said, it's just not used here.

It is used for parts of the outgoing flow though, but most of it is still cast iron as well. I'm not in the US, so YMMV.

[–] Bigoldmustard@lemmy.zip 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

How old is your house?

[–] Thorny_Insight@lemm.ee 6 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

My house has copper pipes for the most part but the water main coming to my house is plastic. Older main lines are often steel but as they age and get replaced they're replaced with plastic and in new houses it's mostly PEX/composite pipes aswell.

[–] Bigoldmustard@lemmy.zip 3 points 10 months ago

Yeah I have PEX inside lol. Guess it’s better than lead.