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.

  • 🔍🦘🛎@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    You may be surprised at where these lines are. Plenty of blue cities are loaded with them. The rural red areas near me didn’t even get public water systems until the 80s so none of them have lead.

    • spyd3r
      1·
      1 year ago

      I don’t even have a public water hookup, and I don’t have a water bill either, its great.

      • bluGill@kbin.social
        1·
        1 year ago

        Depends on where you live. In Minnesota where I grew up rural areas don’t have public water and wouldn’t think of it - drilling a well is fairly cheap and a small hole gives you far more water than you could ever use. In Iowa where I live now my well is a very large diameter hole and if I’m not careful it will run dry. In Iowa almost all farms have public water supplies.