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Contamination of Water in Condominium Plumbing ("Black Water")

APTECH was hired by an insurance company to investigate reports of contamination in the tap water in one unit of a condominium complex. The manifestation of the problem was black stains on clothes that had been sent through the washing machine. Since this condominium unit was the only one affected in the complex, our investigation focused on the water supply piping and internal plumbing. The engineering investigation included a field examination, contaminant sampling, and chemical analysis. The pipe was examined for internal corrosion failure.

Satish Almaula		Plant failure and root cause analysis; process and design engineering analysis; process technology development and testing; plant engineering, operations, maintenance and safety management; plant and process control system management.

Philip Lindsay, P.E.		Corrosion failure analysis, metallurgy, piping systems, corrosion mitigation, materials selection.

Eric Sullivan, P.E.		Metallurgy, welding, failure analysis, fire and explosion investigations, equipment, piping.

Geoffrey Egan, Ph.D.		Engineering mechanics, welding engineering, stress and fatigue analysis, risk analysis, nondestructive examination, project management.