The City of Norfolk is gearing up to replace lead pipes throughout the city for 2025. In the water treatment plant off of Kempsville Road, water is tested for lead in the metal analysis laboratory — ...

It's a perplexing problem this year: their drinking water has lead in it, but their main water pipes were installed long after lead pipes were banned.

Although lead pipes were banned decades ago, millions of homes still contain them. In fact, lead from water service lines remains one of the leading causes of childhood lead poisoning. Lead is a ...

In October, the Environmental Protection Agency issued a ruling mandating the removal of all lead pipes supplying drinking water in the United States. Whether the rule will survive the incoming ...

Basically, treatment chemicals added to the water interact with the lead pipes and create a coating along the inside — this coating prevents lead from deteriorating and leeching into the water.

There are nearly 250,000 pipes carrying drinking water in New York City that are made of lead or may contain lead. But figuring out what to do if you live in a building served by one of those ...

Lead pipes build up a sediment coating that stops the metal from leaching into the water, and as long as it isn’t disturbed, the water will be safe. However, as Game explained, any disturbances ...

In October, the Environmental Protection Agency issued a ruling mandating the removal of all lead pipes supplying drinking water in the U.S. Whether the rule will survive the incoming Donald Trump ...

The city of Syracuse, which uses a different water system, is also conducting an inventory of pipe materials. Water in some Syracuse homes tested with high levels of lead earlier this year.

Following a change in the law back in October, water utilities across the nation are now required to identify and replace water systems using lead pipes within 10 years. The ruling has led to a ...

In 2021, the agency reported over 28,000 lead pipes in DC. After inventory and research, the number has increased to nearly 42,000 pipes currently. According to an interactive graph by DC Water ...