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Millions in federal dollars are headed to 10 New Mexico communities to address lead and copper pipes in local water systems. State finance officials said other municipalities need to act soon and apply to receive what’s left of the $28.6 million New Mexico received in its portion of the $3 billion from the 2021 Bipartisan […] The post New Mexico efforts to catalog lead water lines off to ‘slow start’ as federal money flows in appeared first on Source New Mexico.

The federal government has announced an investment of $28.6 million for the 2024 fiscal year, to help identify and replace lead service lines in Montana water systems.

Colorado will receive millions in federal funding from the EPA to identify and replace lead service lines that provide drinking water.

The federal government has announced an investment of $28.6 million for the 2024 fiscal year, to help identify and replace lead service lines in Montana water systems.

EPA announces first of three distributions of IIJA funding for lead service line replacements. 

North Carolina will receive an additional $76 million for utilities to remove and replace lead service lines that could be contaminating the drinking water, the Biden administration announced today. The money is part of a $9 billion package for all states and U.S. territories, as well as tribal lands, through 2026, with $3 billion available […] The post North Carolina to receive $76m to replace drinking water lines that contain lead appeared first on NC Newsline.

U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL praised the EPA for announcing an investment exceeding $240 million from the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund.

TOPEKA (KSNT) – The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is sending nearly $30 million to Kansas to help with the replacement of lead pipes. Thins money comes from President Joe Biden’s ‘Investing in America Agenda’ to help the state of Kansas identify lead service lines and prevent exposure to lead in drinking water. In total, the […]

The $3 billion announcement is the latest step in the Biden administration’s effort to replace all lead service lines by the early 2030s.

For the last few years, the Montana Department of Environmental Quality has been working with schools to help them identify and respond to sources of lead in their drinking water.