Yahoo

Lead water pipes created a health disaster in Flint, but replacing them with cheaper plastic − as some cities are doing − carries hidden costs

Flint, Michigan, made headlines in 2015 when tests revealed dangerously high lead levels in its drinking water. The city had switched its water supply to the Flint River a year earlier, and corrosive ...
News4JAX

JEA working to replace about 200 miles of old water pipes that were installed nearly eight decades ago

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Some old water pipes in Jacksonville neighborhoods are getting replaced as part of a JEA project to ...
Lifehacker

What the New Lead Pipe Replacement Laws Mean for Homeowners

The EPA has issued a sweeping new set of regulations that in most cases will require lead pipes that deliver drinking water to be taken out of service in the next 10 years. While there is still a ...
WBAL-TV

EPA's proposed rule changes would accelerate process to replace lead water pipes

THEY COME IN. MEANWHILE, THE EPA TODAY ANNOUNCING A NEW PROPOSAL THAT WOULD REQUIRE WATER UTILITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO FIND AND REPLACE LEAD WATER PIPES WITHIN THE NEXT TEN YEARS. 11 NEWS ...
The Repository

Get the lead out: How Ohio and its cities are working to replace lead water service lines

Ohio lawmakers introduced a bipartisan bill to replace all lead water pipes within 15 years, estimated to cost $5 billion. While a federal ban on lead pipes in public water systems exists, Ohio has an ...