Advocates for clean water are celebrating Tuesday’s announcement from the White House that will require public drinking water systems to identify and replace lead water pipes within ten years. The U.S ...
On December 16, 1974, President Gerald Ford signed into law the Safe Drinking Water Act. Fifty years later, it remains one of America’s most important environmental laws and most effective public ...
Title image: The scene at the Replacing Lead Pipes for Clean Drinking Water event in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on 8 October 2024. (Credit: USEPA) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced ...
Water leaks are always troublesome, but burst pipes create instant and sometimes long-lasting damage to a home. As freezing temperatures and snow hit parts of Oregon on Thursday, it’s time to think ...
Chicago residents risk daily lead exposure from toxic lead service lines, the underground pipes that connect buildings to the city’s water supply. The city has the most lead service lines in the ...
More than 11,000 houses in Nassau County and a handful in Suffolk draw their drinking water through old lead service lines, and at least 100,000 more have pipes whose material is unknown but could ...
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Could your home still have lead pipes for your drinking water? How to find out and what to do
There's no need to panic. Just follow these simple steps to check your pipes and keep your drinking water safe.
Are your water service lines made of 'unknown' materials? How to know if you have lead in your water
More than half a million Houston-area residents were due letters this month to warn them that their drinking water might be leaching lead from old service lines. An Environmental Protection Agency ...
New York City has over 124,000 buildings with lead pipes, city data analyzed by the New York League of Conservation Voters shows. Here’s how you can look up your address. A screenshot of the New York ...
Rhode Island has launched a new online tool that allows residents to check if their homes have lead service lines. The mapping tool is part of a government effort to replace all lead pipes in the ...
Tens of thousands of people in Southern Colorado await the arrival of clean drinking water to their communities. They’ve been waiting for decades. The reality of that finally happening is actually ...
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