Phosphates in Folsom pool water
June 14, 2022
Why are there phosphates in Folsom water?
In 2020, many Folsom residents experienced pin-hole leaks in their copper plumbing pipes. How did this happen? (no, it wasn’t Covid related!) Allegedly, the water is soooo pure coming out of the American River and Folsom Lake that it created a water chemistry issue which led to pitting in the pipes (what I want to know is why did this just start happening? The water coming down the American River is pretty much the same as it’s been the last 50 years, right? So why now?)
Anyways- the City of Folsom solved the issue by adding Orthophosphate to our drinking water. For the most part it has solved the copper pitting issue but its created another consequence: the introduction of phosphates to our swimming pool water.