The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Thursday that it plans to require the removal of all lead pipes from the country's water systems. The proposed rule, an ambitious effort that ...

Workers in Flint replace lead pipes In this photo from March 10, 2017. The EPA finalized a rule on Tuesday requiring water utilities to replace all lead pipes in the United States within a decade.

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EPA is calling on utilities to eliminate the largest source of lead contamination in drinking water with a proposal to require removal of all lead pipes within the next decade.

It is almost impossible to be against a rule announced by the Environmental Protection Agency this month requiring utilities to replace all lead pipes within a decade. After all, who ...

Currently, utilities are required to remove 7% of lead pipes per year if lead concentrations are found to exceed an "action level" of 15 parts per billion at more than 10% of taps sampled.

A new rule requires lead pipes to be gone within a decade. It won’t be easy. The EPA is right to take firm action to end a decades-long crisis, but there’s a long way to go.

EPA rule would mandate lead pipe removal in 10 years — with a likely exception for Chicago ... Water systems are currently required to conduct an initial lead pipe inventory by fall 2024.

The White House estimates that more than 9 million homes across the country are still supplied by lead pipelines, which are the leading source of lead contamination through drinking water. The EPA ...

TUESDAY, Oct. 8, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday finalized a rule that will require the removal of all lead pipes from the country's water systems ...

The Environmental Protection Agency finalized a rule Tuesday requiring water utilities to replace all lead pipes within a ... EPA requires removal of all U.S. lead pipes in a decade Oct. 8, ...