Towards a Sustainable Towards a Sustainable Potable Water InfrastructurePotable Water Infrastructure

On top of the world, and on top of corrosion!

What Consumers Drink

What Consumers ThinkHealth Flavor

Safety Costs

Waterokay?Risk

What Professionals ThinkCorrosion Regulations T&O

Public Health Costs DBPsDisinfectantsContaminants

Figure 1. Consumers use their senses and personal opinions to assess drinking water, the quality of which is determined by the raw water source, the treatment, and distribution according to regulated standards.

Our MUSES research combines the science and engineering of corrosion of home plumbing with investigations into impacts on the ultimate user – the consumer or home owner.

Successes of the first yearCorrosion of

Leaded PlumbingProducts

Cu+2

Cu+2Cu+2

Cu+2

Cu(OH) 2

Cu(OH)4 2-

Cu(OH)3-

CuCO3

Cu+2

A Taste ofCopper in

DrinkingWater

EconomicImpacts of

PinholeLeaks andPlumbing

Failures