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Less than 2% of homeowners who need to check their water pipes for lead have done so, and time's running out.

  Less than 2% of homeowners who need to check their water pipes for lead have done so, and time’s running out. And most homeowners can’t take on that burden, an expert told 11 News Investigates. Lead

An estimated 40,000 lead service lines are being used to deliver water into Buffalo homes, although city officials are still in the process of determining an exact count. The projected

Elgin, Illinois residents are concerned about high levels of lead found in drinking water at older homes and other buildings.

A recent update to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Lead and Copper Rule directs nearly all of the nation’s water systems to conduct an...

Skokie Mayor George Van Dusen’s plans for 2024 include bringing in more tech, replacing lead pipes, and introducing electric vehicles to the village of Skokie’s fleet. Preventing floods To mitigate the problem of flooding in Skokie, Van Dusen said the village would take a different approach to handling stormwater. He said the village hired an engineering firm to put together a report on the ...

Buffalo Water will restore fluoride to the city’s water supply by the summer, after getting approval this week from the state Health Department.

If there are any lead service lines in drinking water systems, theyll be found by the end of the year. An inventory of water pipes is underway in the Berkshires

Here's what Greater Cincinnati Water Works and the Northern Kentucky Water District plan to do about lead pipes.

Lead pipes must go. They have no place where there are even minimal aspirations for a healthy community.