If you’ve noticed small copper pinhole leaks, you’re not alone. Many homeowners with older plumbing systems encounter this problem and wonder why it’s happening. Copper plumbing is durable, but over ...

Editor: The Water Quality Survey recently sent to Aloha Utilities' customers does not adequately cover the copper pipe corrosive damage that occurs in many Aloha customers' homes. I've had four holes ...

Q. My house is only 15 years old, but the copper water lines already have green spots, and some of these spots are leaking. I thought copper pipes were supposed to be corrosion-proof. What could be ...

This is in response to letters from Richard L. Venable and Janet Greene [July 25] offering opinions as to the cause of the widespread copper corrosion across Florida and other states. The task force ...

I own several apartment buildings, ranging in age from 20 to 50 years old. During the last couple of years they have been plagued by pinhole leaks in the copper plumbing, mostly around the joints.

SARASOTA -- Scott Snyder started hearing the mysterious sound of running water in his house last month. Within a week, he had people ripping up walls and replacing pipes, some of which had tiny, ...

WINTER HAVEN -- In the past few years, state officials have made strides to address the problem of leaky copper pipes. A new rule the Department of Environmental Protection will begin implementing ...

Lead pipes once used routinely in municipal water distribution systems are a well-recognized source of dangerous lead contamination, but new research suggests that the partial replacement of these ...

Using state-of-the-art in situ microscopy techniques, scientists were able to watch the oxidation of copper -- the primary building material for millions of miles of water piping -- at the atomic ...

Hundreds of homeowners in Sarasota County have had to have all their water lines replaced in their homes due to copper pipe corrosion from the inside out. Many more are on contractor lists waiting to ...