This article presents data on corrosion and dissolved copper in copper tubes that transport drinking water in domiciles of the Azogues city, Ecuador. Corrosion tests were performed using copper coupons exposed to water ...

The aim of this paper was to study the influence of microbial biofilms on the high copper levels measured in the drinking water of rural houses. Drinking water parameters and copper pipe surfaces were analysed in the copper ...

Several families of Talca city, Chile complained to health authorities for what they attributed to consumption of copper (Cu)-contaminated drinking water. We assessed the situation 6-12 mo after the initiation of complaints ...

Copper is widely used in drinking water distribution systems due to its relatively low cost and favorable mechanical properties. However, copper corrosion may generate copper concentrations exceeding the thresholds prescribed ...

Research on corrosion of copper pipes has given little consideration to the influence of solid corrosion by products on the processes occurring at the metal-liquid interface. Consequently, the effect of such solid phases ...

Predictive models characterizing the evolution and interaction of key parameters of water chemistry are needed to better understand corrosion events in drinking water pipes. We performed experiments with new copper pipes ...

Modelling and prediction of the copper concentration released from copper plumbing tubes due to corrosion, dissolution, precipitation and other processes has not previously been successful. The model presented here is based ...

Thermodynamic models were used to correlate experimental and field data for the concentrations of copper (Cu), anions, and cations in drinking water with Cu-containing scales on the inner walls of pipes. This study focused ...