Loading ...Is the governor Republican ?
– and the mayor of Flint is which party ?
Cast iron pipes in a hard water (alkaline) environment may build up internal scale but are very corrosion resistant . If ‘shocked’ with acidity , however , that protective scale can be removed , resulting in bare metal exposure and rapid rust formation , making for a great photo op of folks holding up jugs of rusty water .
Sounds like the mayor wants a massive infrastructure project ( Jobs ! ) at the expense of everyone in the state .
JMHO ( as the author / principal investigator of two EPRI ( Electric Power Research Institute ) studies on control of dissolved oxygen to mitigate corrosion in water systems .)