Lead exposure assessment device
AssigneeGovernment of the United States AS Represented By the Administrator of the U.S. Environmental
InventorsDarren Alan LYTLE, Michael Reed SCHOCK
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Abstract
The invention relates to a device and method to quantify the lead exposure of an aqueous feed to humans, remove lead from the aqueous feed, and identify the presence of lead service lines. The device includes an inlet to receive a lead-containing aqueous feed; an outlet to discharge a lead-depleted treated aqueous feed; and at least one cartridge containing sampling media positioned so that the lead-containing aqueous feed passes from the inlet and through the cartridge to produce the lead-depleted treated aqueous feed for discharge through the outlet.
Claims15
A device comprising:
- (a) an inlet to receive a lead-containing aqueous feed;
- (b) an outlet to discharge a lead-depleted treated aqueous feed;
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- (c) at least one cartridge positioned so that the lead-containing aqueous feed passes from the inlet and through the cartridge to produce the lead-depleted treated aqueous feed for discharge through the outlet,
- wherein the cartridge contains sampling media, and
- the device is configured to quantify the average lead exposure of humans to the aqueous feed, to remove lead from the aqueous feed, and to identify the presence of lead service lines.
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