Colour of water hose
The water hose between the tap and the trailer, why are they white? Any issues with using a new garden hose instead?
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Optimistic Paranoid wrote:free radical wrote:
Lead from a plastic water hose??
Sounds like Fake news to me...
The problem is the 'brass' fittings. While the dictionary defines brass as an alloy of copper and zinc, in fact lead is often also included to improve machinability. And it can leach into drinking water at a rate higher than Federal safety standards allow. See:
Lead Surprisingly Still In Brass Plumbing
So long as the water is flowing, the amount of leeching is minimal. It's when water sits in the fitting that worry may be warranted. For that reason, rinsing out the hose before filling the tank is actually a very reasonable precaution to take to avoid lead (and whatever other nasty chemicals may similarly leech out of your particular hose).
In the case of lead, how much leeches out also depends on the quality of one's water, such as whether or not it tends towards acidic.
