Probably isn’t your pipes. Our tap water out here can get up to like 8.3 at points. You’re probably going to want to look into balancing your water. I alternate between phosphoric acid and citric acid for mine, so that way I’m not always pumping tons phosphorous into my soil, but also not letting that alkalinity build up either.
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