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That is why the President and Vice President made replacing lead pipes a centerpiece of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law – to deliver clean drinking water to families and children across America. These game-changing investments will put American plumbers and pipefitters to work replacing all of the America’s lead pipes and service lines and making other… Continue reading $300 Billion War Beneath the Street: Fighting to Replace Americas Water Pipes The New York Times

Monochloramine is used to disinfect drinking water as it travels through pipes, and it has fewer potentially harmful byproducts than chlorine, its predecessor. “One the biggest problems we have is we don’t know where these lead pipes are oftentimes,” said Marc Edwards, a distinguished professor at Virginia Tech who helped blow the whistle on the… Continue reading $300 Billion War Beneath the Street: Fighting to Replace Americas Water Pipes The New York Times

Cast iron pipes in at least 600 towns and counties are more than a century old, according to industry estimates. And though Congress banned lead three decades ago, more than 10 million older ones remain, ready to leach lead and other contaminants into drinking water from something as simple as a change in water source.… Continue reading $300 Billion War Beneath the Street: Fighting to Replace Americas Water Pipes The New York Times

Some struggling community water systems have found success in voluntarily partnering with a larger water utility to access the capital and expertise needed to meet SDWA compliance. Low-income people and communities of color are disproportionately exposed to the vaporizers bongs risks of lead-contaminated drinking water. Non-Hispanic Black people are more than twice as likely as… Continue reading $300 Billion War Beneath the Street: Fighting to Replace Americas Water Pipes The New York Times