Groups that advocate for clean water are applauding the Environmental Protection Agency's new rule on replacing lead pipes - but they warn that the drinking water in schools remains at risk

The [Environmental Protection Agency] has set a 10-year deadline for most utilities to replace lead service lines, but omitted requirements for schools to replace the water fountains or plumbing that have lead components.

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  • @ChocoboRocket
    -3•2 months ago

    To be fair, if everything in the system leading up to the school is lead free there should be minimal leeching only happening in the school pipes.

    If the pipes in the school have any sediment buildup sequestering the lead from the water there would be little to no leeching.

    Definitely looks bad when you say “keep lead pipes in schools” but the reality is still something like “95% of lead removed from water coming out of school taps”

    Also, might make schools likely to remove lead pipes if the system is lead free. No point in removing lead pipes from a school if there’s +20 miles of lead pipe leading to/from the school

    • Phoenixz
      28•2 months ago

      Yeah but WHY. Why exclude -of all places- schools with children? Really?