Study examines pipes' effect on water quality

摘要

A recent study conducted by the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department of Virginia Tech University found that various types of plumbing materials have an impact on water quality in terms of taste and odor. "There's two things wernlooked at - the sensory impact and to see if the pipe material input any new materials into the water and what impact those materials might have," said Andrea Dietrich, an associate professor at Virginia Tech who worked on the research.