Heard a plumber say something about Atlanta water that stopped me cold

I was at a hardware store in Decatur last Saturday and overheard this old school plumber telling a guy that Atlanta's water is basically acidic enough to eat through copper pipes in under 15 years. He said most homes built before 2000 around here are ticking time bombs with their original plumbing. I got home and checked my own pipes from 1998 and sure enough, there's green crust forming on the joints. Anyone else's house around here have pinhole leaks starting to show up?

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jake_kelly241d ago

15 years? That can't be right, my house is 20 years old.