CONTRACTOR

An Overview of Water Supply Pipes and Joining Methods

The behind-the-wall framework of a home contains a vital plumbing system that keeps it running efficiently and safely. Within every residential plumbing system you have subsystems that include ...
ABC 7 Chicago

Chicago lead pipes: City working to replace over 400K service lines; how you can test your water

CHICAGO (WLS) -- No amount of lead is safe for a person to ingest, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. There are more lead water pipes in Chicago than anywhere else in the ...
Brownstoner

Lead in the Water: More Than a Third of Test Kits Submitted in Decade Show Some Contamination

More than one-third of home test kits sent in for testing by residents to the city’s environmental agency over the past decade had some level of lead — results that reflect many New Yorkers’ continued ...
WFMY News2

City of Greensboro Water Pipe Letters: How to find out if your pipes need to be replaced

GREENSBORO, N.C. — The City of Greensboro is sending out letters to homes to find out what kind of pipes carry water into your home. The letters are in response to a report the city must send to the ...
The Conversation

An army of sewer robots could keep our pipes clean, but they’ll need to learn to communicate

Viktor Doychinov works for the University of Leeds as a Research Fellow. He is funded through the Pipebots project, EPSRC Grant EP/S016813/1. Hidden from sight, under the UK’s roads, buildings and ...
Purdue University

Drinking water odors, chemicals above health standards caused by 'green building' plumbing

Andrew Whelton, an assistant professor in Purdue's Lyles School of Civil Engineering and Division of Environmental and Ecological Engineering, is leading research into the effects plastic pipes have ...