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New Orleans CityBusiness8d
Louisiana set to receive $412,000 from EPA to address lead pipes in schools, childcare facilities
Louisiana will receive $412K from the EPA to remove lead pipes from schools and childcare facilities under a national ...
BirminghamWatch1h
Birmingham’s Water Line Work Can Temporarily Increase Lead Levels in Some Tap Water
As part of its water main replacement project, the water works is partially replacing smaller service lines, which can ...
Flint’s still-unfinished lead pipe replacement serves as cautionary tale to other cities
About a decade after Flint’s water crisis caused national outrage, replacement of lead water pipes still isn’t finished.
Grist on MSN6d
Chicago’s Plan to Replace Lead Pipes Puts It 30 Years Behind the Federal Deadline
Banking for now on an outdated EPA rule from the first Trump administration, the city with the most lead service lines in the ...
Many Chicagoans likely to wait decades for dangerous lead pipes to be replaced
Among the five U.S. cities estimated to have the most lead pipes — Chicago, Cleveland, New York, Detroit and Milwaukee — only ...
Houston Public Media6d
Air Alliance Houston joins class-action lawsuit against EPA over termination of grant funding
The grants funded initiatives such as air quality monitoring, pollution notification systems, tree planting in urban heat ...
BirminghamWatch18h
Legal, Funding Questions Surround Mandate for Birmingham’s Regional Water Works, Other Water Systems To Replace Lead Pipelines
The water works faces an immense undertaking to replace all lead and some galvanized service lines throughout its system by ...
GlobalSpec Insights2d
In-home test for waterborne lead
Detecting the presence of lead in potable water due to insufficient water treatment or transport through lead pipes is ...
Crain's Chicago Business9d
Editorial: Chicago must pick up the pace on lead pipe replacements
Of the five U.S. cities with the biggest lead pipe burdens — Chicago, Cleveland, New York, Detroit and Milwaukee — only Chicago has failed to align with the EPA’s new 20-year framework. The others are ...