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5wiresam t1_iztyqf6 wrote

You don't even need to buy one in the city unless your house is super thick walled, you're super close to towers. You can cut one end off a coax cable, separate the 2 strands, and connect each wire to one end of a coat hanger bent into a U. Have done it before. Literally on my way to do this for a friend with some extra cable I have lying around.

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wampuswrangler t1_iztlhc3 wrote

It's actually the standard amount. I'm a senior water treatment plant operator, I don't work for Baltimore but based on their CCR they are going straight by the book. Fluoride is safe under a certain residual, which Baltimore is well below. The town I work for also has pulled up a few wooden mains in the last decade. They can last nearly 100 years, they can actually be safer than steel or iron pipes due to their lack of leeching metals via corrosion. The main concern is that they may blow up under pressure, but when they do the are replaced.

The water is safe and healthy.

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