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Visit us on the World Wide Web! LANTEC CO degasifiers packed with LANPAC 2 cut the cost of drinking water pH adjustment to comply with EPA Lead and Copper Rule. Background After the phase-out of leaded gasoline and the ban on lead-based pigments in house paint, con- cerned has focused on the risk of lead exposure from drinking water due to corrosion of old plumbing containing lead pipe or solder. To reduce this public health risk, the EPA’s Lead and Copper rule now requires many drinking water systems to deliver water at higher pH so that it will be less corrosive. The pH can be raised using less caustic or lime—and adding less dissolved solids to the water—if most of the CO2 in the water is first removed by air stripping. Packed-tower air strippers—also called “degasifiers”—are an in- expensive way of removing dissolved CO2 . The raw water is pumped over a bed of porous packing media while fresh air is blown upward through it. Dissolved CO is transferred from the wa- 2 ter to the air, and the pH rises in the process. The patented design ? of LANPAC serves to maximize the efficiency of air-water con- ? tact, so degasifiers packed with LANPAC can be more compact. ? 3.5” LANPAC