Court filing says chemical-treatment failed to prevent widespread lead exposure and confirms utilities have sufficient ...

The Trump administration said Friday it backs a 10-year deadline for most cities and towns to replace their harmful lead ...

The Trump administration says it supports a strict Biden-era rule that forces cities to replace most lead water pipes within 10 years.

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 ...

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 ...

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) Water providers in ...

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 ...

Case studies of two cities and a state that faced lead contamination problems may give New Orleans a roadmap to cleaning its ...

KC Water will use nearly $2 million in new state funding to search for lead pipes in historically disadvantaged neighborhoods ...

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 ...

Each morning, Katherine Prevost fills her coffee maker with water from her kitchen faucet and presses the button. Until ...

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 ...