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 ...
City officials on Monday said they plan to accelerate spending to replace lead service lines in 2026. The city also remains ...
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 ...
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 ...
Cape Girardeau is conducting expanded inspections of public and private water lines to identify lead, as required by federal ...
New York City has more than 550,000 lead pipes that must be replaced by 2037. Environmental groups say the best chance of that happening is if the state and city governments take over the work.
The Canadian Environmental Law Association is recommending that all cities pass bylaws to make it mandatory for property ...
A major boost is coming to Bath’s aging water system, thanks to a $2 million state and federal funding package announced this week by Governor Kathy Hochul. The money will help the Village of Bath ...
Folks in cities across North Carolina are getting letters in the mail and those letters are causing a panic. The letters contain verbiage like: "important information ...
CONTINUES. AND THE GOAL, OF COURSE, IS TO REMOVE 100% OF ALL THE LEAD SERVICE LINES IN AMERICA. UM, AND SO OBVIOUSLY, WE ARE A WILLING PARTICIPANT AND NOW WE ARE NOT JUST SEEING THE IMPACT OF LEAD ...
Lead plumbing was banned in the United States in 1986, but new data assembled by Connecticut’s water utilities show there may still be thousands of lead pipes carrying water into homes, apartments and ...