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Numerous incidents of pipeline leakage induced contamination reported across India. Corrosion of pipeline assets is the major cause for this tremendous leakage and contamination threats. This is completely ignored by the water management authorities and design houses. When leakage occurs in any pipeline, the immediate focus is made on replacing the existing infrastructure. It is not an easy task for replacing all old infrastructure with brand new systems. We need to find the best way of improving the current operation to minimize leak and contamination incidents. We need to turn Water Rust to Water TRUST for assuring the integrity of existing assets and operating the water distribution without any potential disturbance. There is not much focus made on corrosion control and life cycle approach of selecting the appropriate water distribution systems.

Article Source: http://www.corrosionfootprint.org/2015/03/india-water-rust-to-water-trust-our.html

Article Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/City/Guwahati/Schoolkids-on-Guwahati-fringes-drink-acidic-water/articleshow/34410148.cms

GUWAHATI: In an alarming find, the state public health and engineering department (PHED) and an NGO said schoolchildren in the tribal belt along the outskirts of the city have been consuming water, which is highly acidic in nature and unfit for drinking. The source of the water for these children is a well.

A little over five per cent of the samples were found to contain iron above the permissible limit of 0.3 mg/l. The survey pointed out that long time consumption of water with a high concentration of iron could lead to liver diseases. The test was conducted to ascertain the availability of pure drinking water to the students in the Rani-Deepor Beel-Gorchuk belt bordering Meghalaya by NGO Eco Concept in collaboration with PHED.

Apart from the high pH value, the survey also found the levels of hardness, turbidity, residual chlorine, iron and bacteria high in the water. Of the 1,052 water samples tested across 129 villages, 202 or 19.20% were found to have pH above 7 while 33 samples or 3.13% had pH above 8.5 limits, which is considered unsuitable for drinking. "The pH value is a measure of the intensity of alkali or acid in water. A high value of pH hastens scale formation in water-heating apparatus and reduces the germicidal potential of chlorine. A pH level below 6.5 leads to corrosion in pipes thereby releasing toxic metals," the report said. Only 549 samples or 52.18% of the total samples were found to have pH levels within permissible limits of 6.5 to 8.5 pH. Absolutely pure water has a pH value of 7.0.

A pipeline carrying crude oil for refining developed cracks and spilt oil in about 100 acres of farmland in a village in Nagapattinam district, officials said.

They said people of Manjavadi village detected the leak after they found their farmlands flooded with oil. The oil was being transported through pipeline from the Oil and Natural Gas Commission owned oil well at Adiyakkamangalam to Narimanam for refining, they said. Officials said it was not clear whether the pipe had broken due to recent heavy rains or the soil becoming loose.

ONGC officials said the pipes might have got corroded due to the saline condition in the area.

In August 2011, a similar rupture along the pipeline near river Devanadhi ruined Samba paddy fields. However, the damage was contained by the river, which washed away the oil slicks into the sea.

But now, the crude oil spill has begun flowing along the Kohur irrigation channel, which irrigates over 300 acres, across the villages of Manjavaadi, Anaimangalam, Kohur, Thenkarai and Vadakarai.

It is telling on the already weak prospects of the samba crop. Several acres of paddy fields irrigated by the oil slick-laden water from the channel have been ruined.

Article Source: Hindustan Times and The Hindu

 Corrosion causes contamination of drinking water with sewer leading to Gastroenteritis outbreak in Bangalore

“The patients were mostly from the Okalipuram slum. The slum-dwellers have drawn illegal [water] connections and the underground drainage system is not sound. As the water pipeline is corroded, the chances of sewage mixing with drinking water are high.”

http://corrosion-awareness-for-public.blogspot.com/2012/05/cappings-corrosion-causes-contamination.html

You know how much energy is available within the scientific community to resolve corrosion issues faced by Public. The situation in industries is totally different. It is driven by the investment capabilities of asset owners to do research and find solutions for complex problems. If the assets are owned by Public, who will extend "Helping" hands for finding answers? Public only. It is purely Public-Public collaboration to resolve our own issues. We need energy to alarm the community through human-powered transmission.

We can ping at this time. Most importantly, CAP is an eco-friendly Movement.

Do you like to own a CAP-cycle and ping? 

The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency has assessed a sugar beet plant a $50,400 civil penalty for air quality and storage tank violations. Inspectors also found violations of storage tank requirements. Those included late and missing tank inspections, corrosion on steel tanks and piping, and unreported leaks and spills of beet juice.

Impact of Corrosion on Environment.