Yay!
Yay! We have water! Now we are letting it flush all the yellow looking ook and sludge by opening the taps and flushing the toilettes! Also, I am wondering if this suggests an interesting science question. That is, if you run a high enough voltage current through the pipes when a water main breaks, do you increase the coating of oxides on the pipes, or do you manage to release some of the lead ions because the water wasn't in the pipes enough to prevent them from heating due to the electricity? Inquiring minds wish to know!
The electricity is AC, which shouldn't do anything except perhaps dissociate water into hydrogen and oxygen (so it might increase oxidation a tiny bit).
ReplyDeleteI was wondering because the connection inside the house got hot and the workers who checked it out said it was because of electrical current from a power line. One of the power lines had somehow been affected and gotten in the water or contacted the pipe itself. Thing is, since the water empties out of the main surprisingly fast when it is breached, and it isn't clear how long the power line was in contact nor whether it was in the water or just touching the pipe, I was wondering about it.
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