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Lead On: Drinking from a lead straw DARRELL KING: We’re in full compliance with the Lead and Copper Rule. TOM NELTNER: So who you’re going to miss are typically working families. You might miss younger families. DARRELL KING: Well, most of the time, it just really comes down to access. You’d be amazed at how difficult it is to get people to participate. ROBIN RUE SIMMONS: I disagree with there being barriers. That is an excuse that I would not tolerate going forward. We have families that need to know if they are vulnerable to unhealthy lead levels in their water.  

December 22, 2020 Second Ward resident Regina Sant’Anna has helped her elderly neighbor carry hundreds of boxes of bottled water from her car to her home. Living on the border of the historically Black 5th Ward, Sant’Anna has noticed that some residents are concerned about their water quality. “At times in underserved communities of color, brown or Black, you have a lot of people investing in (bottled) water,” Sant’Anna said. “You have to put in your budget plastic bottled water, because you do not trust the water systems.” Sant’Anna’s neighbor is ...