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  • Environmental Science
  • Public Health
  • Water Quality Engineering

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  • Lead pipes in drinking water systems are a significant public health concern.
  • Lead exposure from water can occur due to plumbosolvency, the tendency of water to leach lead from pipes.
  • Assessing and quantifying the risk of lead exposure is crucial for effective public health interventions.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To predict risks from lead in drinking water using computational modeling.
  • To evaluate the impact of varying plumbosolvency conditions and lead pipe prevalence on risk levels.
  • To propose methods for risk assessment in water supply zones and individual houses.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized computational modeling to simulate lead in drinking water risks.
  • Applied five distinct risk benchmarking methods.
  • Modeled scenarios with a range of plumbosolvency conditions and percentages of houses with lead pipes.

Main Results:

  • In worst-case scenarios (high plumbosolvency, 90% lead pipes), 34.1% to 73.3% of houses were at risk.
  • In contrast, with phosphate treatment and 10% lead pipes, risk levels ranged from 0% to 0.4%.
  • Demonstrated the significant protective effect of water treatment and reduced lead pipe prevalence.

Conclusions:

  • Computational modeling is an effective tool for predicting lead in drinking water risks.
  • Risk levels are highly dependent on water chemistry (plumbosolvency) and infrastructure (lead pipe prevalence).
  • Proposed risk assessment methods can inform policy, prioritize improvements, and guide corrective actions for lead mitigation.