EPA proposes requiring lead water pipes to be replaced in 10 years

Saturday, December 2, 2023 at 12:00 AM

The Biden administration on Thursday proposed to require drinking water pipes made with lead to be replaced in 10 years.

Under the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) newly proposed “Lead and Copper Rule Improvements,” water systems would have to replace lead service lines in 10 years, with limited exceptions.

The proposal comes nearly a decade after the start of the Flint water crisis, perhaps the nation’s best known lead contamination incident. About 99,000 Flint, Michigan, residents were exposed to lead after a 2014 water supply switch caused lead pipes to corrode and resulted in the substance leaching into the water.

The full article is available at ozarksfirst.com.

(Story by Rachel Frazin, The Hill, found at ozarksfirst.com)

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