On Wednesday, 12 August 2015 20:59:45 UTC+1, NY wrote:
"Timothy Murphy" wrote in message
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Can anyone recommend a kit for testing the lead level
in water taken from the public water supply?
Or is there a simple DIY way of measuring this?

There was a scare story about lead where I live
(Dun Laoghaire, south of Dublin) on the news just now.

I see a number of test kits on Amazon,
but am wondering if any experts can recommend a particular kit.

On a related note, our water supply runs through lead pipes between the stop
tap in the road and the stop tap in the rising main. How much lead is likely
to get into the drinking water? Is there any advantage in letting the water
run for a few minutes after it has been standing in the pipe overnight, as
my wife keeps nagging me to do?

If you live in a soft water area, your wife is right.
Easiest way is to flush the toilet first thing in a morning.

You can buy water filter kits, they have a cartridge of activated charcoal removes some of the lead.
(Works
better on any pesticides and herbicides residues in the water.)

Downside is,it also removes the chlorine so bacteria can grow (including legeonnairella)