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The Environmental Protection Agency is taking steps to tighten rules for allowable levels of lead in drinking water, as the Biden administration looks to replace all of the nation's lead service lines using new funds from the bipartisan infrastructure bill.
Michigan, michigan, bottled water is not a luxury, it's a lifeline. in october we introduced you to frances davis. what water do you use to cook? >> the bottled water. >> reporter: to brush your teeth. >> bottled water. >> reporter: bathe? bottled water. >> reporter: lead was found in the water here in 2018, and the city's water system failed six lead tests in the past three years. residents have been begging the e.p.a. for help. >> help is on the way. >> reporter: michael regan is the e.p.a. administrator and says $2.9 billion will soon be sent to states to replace lead pipes in 2022. places ...
Unlike the notorious case of the Flint water crisis—where a criminal switch to untreated water corroded pipes—the catastrophe in Benton Harbor is the advanced expression of deteriorating infrastructure on its last legs.
Michigan's Senate approved over $3 billion in funding to replace lead pipes and fix dams across the state. The House will likely consider the proposal in 2022.
The infrastructure bill funds good things, but falls short. Worse, it funds some programs that will lock us into fossil fuels for decades.