The EPA estimates that nine million homes in the U.S. have lead pipes.

President Biden on Tuesday announced $2.6 billion in funding to replace all lead pipes in the United States as part of a new EPA rule that will require lead pipes to be identified and replaced within 10 years using the new funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Act.

  • Corkyskog
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    1 month ago

    They just haven’t replaced. No new construction has been able to use them for decades

    • AA5B@lemmy.world
      1·
      1 month ago

      In many places, the water mains have been replaced over the years, but no one wants to spend money on lines up to people’s houses