Impact of residential hot water heater type and water stagnation on drinking water quality within a full-scale premise plumbing system
Helen Y Buse, Josh Steenbock, Sara Okum, Nicole Sojda, Sharon Kidney, Johnny Brossart, Dave Elstun, Eric Weaver, Sue Witt · 2024
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Description
Helen Buse and eight co-authors report a 2024 study of drinking water inside a full-scale test plumbing system. The system mimics a home, with gas and electric heaters in both tank and instant forms. The team wanted to know how heater type and standing water affect water quality over time.
For 26 weeks the team tracked water use and took more than 400 samples at sinks and a shower. They sampled fresh water and water that had sat still for eight hours. Counts of common bacteria were lower in hot and shower water than in the incoming supply. The study shows how daily habits inside a building can change the water people actually drink and breathe.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Helen Y Buse, Josh Steenbock, Sara Okum, Nicole Sojda, Sharon Kidney, Johnny Brossart, Dave Elstun, Eric Weaver, Sue Witt |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 63 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |