Daily Herald

Worried about lead pipes? Here’s what to do.

Although lead pipes were banned decades ago, millions of homes still contain them. In fact, lead from water service lines remains one of the leading causes of childhood lead poisoning. Lead is a ...
Yahoo

Here’s How to Find Out if You Have Lead Pipes — and What You Can Do About It

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Resources are available for Atlanta-area households to have their water checked for lead exposure. (Getty Images) After a federal ...
WFMY News2

Don't panic! What the letter about your water & lead pipes really means.

GREENSBORO, N.C. — Folks in cities across North Carolina are getting letters in the mail and those letters are causing a panic. The letters contain verbiage like ...
Dallas Morning News

Do you have lead pipes? What Dallas Water Utilities is doing to comply with the EPA

Dallas property owners could be on the hook to replace their lead pipes. The city sent thousands of letters to residents in recent weeks identifying the possibility of lead pipes on individual ...

Milwaukee has to replace its lead pipes by 2037. But 65,000 remain

Milwaukee is facing a federal deadline for replacing lead service lines that carry water from mains to homes. The city might ...
Marin Independent Journal

Another View: Why does the U.S. still have lead pipes? Blame this trade group

In October, the Environmental Protection Agency issued a ruling mandating the removal of all lead pipes supplying drinking water in the United States. Whether the rule will survive the incoming Donald ...
Times Union

Even though lead pipes are gone, schools are still testing positive

Sand Creek Middle School does not have lead pipes for its drinking water, yet individual faucets would test positive for an unsafe amount of lead. Officials discovered the problem was lead in the ...
WHYY

University of Delaware study reveals 2,000 century-old lead pipes in Wilmington. What happens next?

FILE - A copper water supply line, left, is shown connected to a water main after being installed for lead pipe, right, July 20, 2018, in Flint, Mich. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File) From Philly and the ...
WAMC

Advocates rally for Lead Pipe Replacement Act at state Capitol

The Lead Pipe Replacement Act would create a plan to replace lead pipes across the state in line with a 10-year deadline set by the federal government. In October 2024, the Environmental Protection ...
WDSU

New Orleans Sewerage and Water Board on timeline to replace city's lead pipes

AND WATER BOARD IS NOW ON A TIMELINE TO REPLACE LEAD PIPE. EVERY LEAD PIPE IN THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS. THIS PROJECT MANDATED BY THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, ADDRESSES WHAT THEY CALL A PUBLIC ...
WBEZ

How we mapped Chicago’s lead service lines and what we learned

Chicago has a lead pipe problem. The city estimates that about 412,000 of roughly 491,000 water service lines require replacement because they are known or suspected to contain lead. That’s the most ...