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hashbang2 t1_iztcls3 wrote

Reply to comment by wampuswrangler in Water smells like bleach by No-Badger8880

It's a lot of chlorine and Baltimore still adds fluoride. Is it "safe"? Yes by law it pretty much has to be. Is it antique? There was a wooden main removed from under Center Street around 2012. Is it healthy? I think not.

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wampuswrangler t1_iztlhc3 wrote

It's actually the standard amount. I'm a senior water treatment plant operator, I don't work for Baltimore but based on their CCR they are going straight by the book. Fluoride is safe under a certain residual, which Baltimore is well below. The town I work for also has pulled up a few wooden mains in the last decade. They can last nearly 100 years, they can actually be safer than steel or iron pipes due to their lack of leeching metals via corrosion. The main concern is that they may blow up under pressure, but when they do the are replaced.

The water is safe and healthy.

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