President Biden has announced a plan to “strengthen its Lead and Copper Rule that would require water systems to replace lead service lines within 10 years."

The Biden administration has announced a proposal to “strengthen its Lead and Copper Rule that would require water systems to replace lead service lines within 10 years,” the White House said in a statement on Thursday.

According to the White House, more than 9.2 million American households connect to water through lead pipes and lead service lines and, due to “decades of inequitable infrastructure development and underinvestment,” many Americans are at risk of lead exposure.

“There is no safe level of exposure to lead, particularly for children, and eliminating lead exposure from the air, water, and homes is a crucial component of the Biden-Harris Administration’s historic commitment to advancing environmental justice,” the Biden administration said.

  • ryathal
    4·
    1 year ago

    The US hasn’t been good about replacing pipes in general, there’s even a good amount that aren’t even documented in some areas.

    • DoomBot5@lemmy.worldEnglish
      12·
      1 year ago

      Didn’t they pull out some wooden pipes somewhere in the US within the last couple years? I remember seeing an article about it.

      • ryathal
        2·
        1 year ago

        I believe someone found wood pipes still in use, it may have been flint, since they got a complete overhaul of their pipes.

        • bluGill@kbin.social
          1·
          1 year ago

          30 years ago Boston was trying to map their pre revolutionary war wood pipes. I would expect flint was built with metal pipes, as that area is mostly known for iron.

          • ryathal
            1·
            1 year ago

            Iron was further north, Michigan was a huge lumber state.