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BENTON HARBOR WATER: Lead lines are gone, but clean water remains a luxury in Benton Harbor, where residents have been inundated with challenges facing their water system for years: Lead in pipes. …
It took years of resident complaints and millions in federal money but the lead water lines have finally been replaced. But now there's a growing challenge in this cash-strapped city: ever-increasing water bills.
President Biden has promised to replace all of the lead service lines in the country, but there’s not enough money and not enough time.
The duty to provide safe, affordable water should not fall only on the local government and water utility. The state must play a role to facilitate and support inclusive policies that help the most vulnerable.
New Jersey is getting an estimated $138 per lead service line. Hawaii is getting $10,000 per line, per the NRDC report.