Earlier Op Eds To Fight Against Drinking Water Disease
In a series of scientific Op Eds, the coverup of drinking water dangers in Aiken has been clearly demonstrated:
"The Fight for Safe Drinking Water Surges Forward in Aiken", "Cryptosporidium Reported in Aiken Drinking Water - Hammering Out a Fight Toward Disease-Free and Lead-Free Water", "The Drinking Water Disease Spree; Aiken S.C. is Ground-Zero", "Aiken, S.C. + Drinking Water = Brown Water + Parallel Health Hazards", "Aiken, S.C. Officials Destroy Our Water System and Endanger Our Lives and Health", "Aiken Coverups and New Scientific Advances in Water Main Breaks", "Money is Gone in My Home Town of Aiken, and the Water Main Breaks Keep on Coming", "Water-Main Breaks in Mississippi and Across U.S. Can Be Stopped" (click here), "Water main breaks can be stopped" (click here),"No reason for water mains to break" (click here), "Water main breaks will continue in Aiken" (click here)", "City must address water main breaks" (click here), "Water main breaks can be prevented" (click here), "Workshop aims to stop water main breaks" (click here), "City Works to Stop Water Main Breaks" (click here).
Aiken is a microcosm of our national drinking water safety danger:
"The EPA Bullies Us to Pay to Stop City Governments from Lead Poisoning Our Children and Families", "A One-Man-Fight Against Small Town and U.S. Water Main Breaks", "Never give an inch - When will we stop U.S. water main breaks?", "The AWWA Promotes Junk Science That Destroys Our Water Systems and Threatens Our Lives", "Is the CDC Responsible for Listeria Deaths and Illnesses from Boar's Head Meats?", "The EPA WaterSense Shower Hoax Versus Water Main Breaks", "Book Publisher Wanted for a New Book, "Industrial Murder for Profit"", "AWWA Censorship: Staunch Resistance to New Ideas Destroys our Water System and Risks Our Lives", 'The CDC Blames Workers for Food Poisonings to Cover-up Their Incompetence", "The CDC Should Stop Drinking-Water Dangers - Stop E. Coli and Listeria Disease Outbreaks and Lead and Copper Poisonings!", "The U.S. Government Murders Us Through Indifference and Deceit - Cover-ups Throughout U.S. Industries", "The Winter Flood of Water-Main Breaks Can Be Stopped - Water Main Breaks in Jackson and Every Other City Can be Stopped", "Preventable Disasters--The Fight for New Ideas, Never Give an Inch".
Peer reviewed publications support these Op Eds:
"Fluid Mechanics, Water Hammer, Dynamic Stresses, and Piping Design", R. A. Leishear, 2013, Textbook, ASME Press, New York, New York (click here). "Supplement to Fluid Mechanics, Water Hammer, Dynamic Stresses,and Piping Design", R. A. Leishear, 2015, Textbook, ASME Press, New York, New York (https://asmedigitalcollection.asme.org/ebooks/book/29/Supplement-to-Fluid-Mechanics-Water-Hammer-Dynamic, not peer reviewed). Our Water Mains Contaminate Us With E. Coli, Lead and Copper - Illness and Death Follow", R. A. Leishear, 2021, Science Publishing Group (click here). "Water Hammer and Fatigue Strength Reduction from Grit Blasting for Coatings", R. A. Leishear, 2020, NACE Corrosion Conference and Expo (click here). "Water Hammer Causes Water Main Breaks", 2019, R. A. Leishear, ASME Journal of Pressure Vessel Technology (click here).
Television Interviews
"Brown water concerns continue in the City of Aiken", Fox 54,WFXG TV (click here).
"Aiken City Council holds work session to review brown water situation", Fox 54, WFXG TV (click here).The following in-process peer reviewed publications combine the above peer reviewed publications and Op Eds:
"Water Main Failures, Water Hammer, Corrosion and Fatigue Failures", R. A. Leishear, 2018, American Water Works Association, ACE Conference and Exhibition. "The Piping Handbook,Chapter -Industrial Water Hammers", C. Eskridge(Editor), R.A. Leishear (Contracted author), A. Tijsseling, T. Walters, W. Kirsner, A. Kolla (2026). McGraw Hill. " The Fluid Transient Disaster- Water Hammers and Gas Hammers", ASME Press, New York, New York, 500+ pages (under contract, 2026),. "Industrial Murder for Profit in the Oil, Gas, Water and Nuclear Industries", R. A. Leishear, 250+ pages, Native Publishing (not peer reviewed, under contract, 2026)."Viable Infectious Disease Pathways in Worldwide Drinking Water Piping Systems", World General Medicine Congress 2026, Bangkok, Thailand.
These 2026 publications will appropriately update earlier publications as they are incorporated into these new research and political publications.
Communications
The SC DPH was provided a draft of this Op Ed for comment. They referred this concern to their legal department for comment.
The mayor of Aiken was provided a copy of this Op Ed with a request for comment.
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