To understand the physical and chemical mechanisms regulating lead dissolution in drinking water distribution systems, this project included a detailed analysis of solid lead corrosion scales harvested from lead pipes from communities with different water quality characteristics, dissolution experiments of pure lead species and lead corrosion scales, and continuous pipe loop dissolution experiments using pipes harvested from Canadian communities and water from those communities. These findings were used to develop and validate a numerical modeling tool able to simulate conditions in the drinking water network.

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