President Biden has announced a plan to “strengthen its Lead and Copper Rule that would require water systems to replace lead service lines within 10 years."

The Biden administration has announced a proposal to “strengthen its Lead and Copper Rule that would require water systems to replace lead service lines within 10 years,” the White House said in a statement on Thursday.

According to the White House, more than 9.2 million American households connect to water through lead pipes and lead service lines and, due to “decades of inequitable infrastructure development and underinvestment,” many Americans are at risk of lead exposure.

“There is no safe level of exposure to lead, particularly for children, and eliminating lead exposure from the air, water, and homes is a crucial component of the Biden-Harris Administration’s historic commitment to advancing environmental justice,” the Biden administration said.

  • ares35
    13•1 year ago

    my little town is replacing all the water mains… when the streets above them need repair or rebuilding, along with the lines to customers where needed. they’ve done two streets in the last ten years, each about 8-10 blocks long. they’ve got a long ways to go. 10 years ain’t nearly enough time unless someone is gonna pony-up a ton of cash.

    • JJROKCZ
      16•1 year ago

      If almost guarantee the federal government will throw a couple billion at this, the local utilities will mismanage it, and the project will be completed in 2050 after another round or two of investment and maybe the army Corp of engineers taking over from bubba’s utility coop

    • @EatYouWell
      11•1 year ago

      They replaced the pipes in Flint in only a few years. Your city just isn’t prioritizing the project.

      Also, they’re allocating $50b for it.

    • @interceder270
      4•1 year ago

      unless someone is gonna pony-up a ton of cash.

      I think the ruling class has been posting record profit year over year for checks notes generations.

      We can take some of their excess wealth so we have safe drinking water.

    • bluGill
      3•1 year ago

      My town is putting pipes next to the road instead of under it. That way they can work on pipes without tearing out the road, and when working on the road they don’t have to worry about the pipes (as much - I assume they still have to run under)

      • @KnightontheSun
        3•1 year ago

        Is this a temperate environment? No freezing during winter?

        • bluGill
          4•1 year ago

          They are underground, just not under the road. They are in grass which is easier to dig up.