WATER DOESN'T WORK THAT WAY

[Blue_Tires]

MUST SEE: The inside of pump on 2014 #Flint fire truck. At 10 on @WSMHFOX66 why water is to blame #FlintWaterCrisis

https://twitter.com/StephaniePNews/status/698690431383642112

[jmowreader]

1. Houston, we REALLY have a problem

Click the Data Sheet link on http://www.rosenbaueramerica.com/features/rosenbauer-fire-truck-pumps...

and you will learn the impeller on a fire truck pump is stainless steel and the pump body is aluminum.

[Blue_Tires]

3. Yeah, that shit is nasty

Folks need to get arrested over this...

[jmowreader]

4. It's worse than nasty

If you look at the Twitter responses, people think that's just the normal rust that forms on a fire pump. Thing is, the metals fire pumps are made of don't rust.

[Journeyman]

2. This is what has confused me about the coverage: the issue isn't lead in the water from the source…

The issue is, the water has an admixture of corrosive elements within it, dumped there by the riparian industrial sources, and it is these elements which are leaching the lead out of the pipes and into the citizens' water. The lead content in the water is an obvious concern. But how much greater a threat are the corrosive elements that cause the lead to leach?