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EPA Outlines Plan to Speed Lead Pipe Removals

December 16, 2021

Agency will allow a Trump-era rule to take effect but also will propose new steps to clarify actions and boost funding to meet Biden goal of replacing 100% of nation’s lead service pipes.

Water Utilities Continue Battle Against Lead In Their Systems

Pam Hunter McFarland

May 13, 2020

Federal lead and copper rule update will require more testing and a public inventory of all tainted lines

Engineering Ethics

Clean Water Warrior Wins 2017 ENR Award of Excellence

How Marc Edwards used engineering skill to expose lead levels in Flint drinking water

Pam Radtke Russell

April 13, 2017

The inside story of how Virginia Tech Professor Marc Edwards helped propel the emergency of lead-tainted water in Flint, Michigan.

After Flint, Michigan Pushes State Lead Rules Beyond Federal

Following the Flint crisis, Gov. Rick Snyder proposes a state-level overhaul with stricter standards than federal guidelines

Pam Radtke Russell

April 13, 2017

In an effort to reduce the chance that other cities could face lead-contaminated drinking water like that in Flint, Mich., Gov. Rick Snyder (R) has proposed standards for lead and copper in drinking water that would be more protective than federal rules.

Lead Poisoning

Crisis in Flint Underscores a National Drinking Water Quality Problem

Awareness grows of trouble in other drinking-water systems across the U.S.

Pam Hunter McFarland

Mike Anderson

October 12, 2016

For Anthony Jones, 46, a Gulf War veteran and apprentice craftworker based in Flint, the work that he does—pulling out lead service lines to homes—is personal.

Flint Water Funding and Blame Controversies Grow

Pam Hunter McFarland

Debra K. Rubin Bruce Buckley

Richard Korman

March 23, 2016

Michigan unveiled a plan to push pipe replacement and toughen state drinking-water rules, but Congress adjourned without passing a federal-aid package and participants in the city’s unfolding saga traded blame at heated Washington hearings.

Outrage Mounts Over Flint Water Contamination

Construction and water leaders say crisis underscores national problems with lead contamination of drinking-water supplies

Pam Hunter McFarland

February 10, 2016

Awareness of antiquated drinking-water systems’ potential to fail on a number of levels is at an all-time high as critics excoriate the Michigan Dept. of Environmental Quality, state Gov. Rick Snyder (R) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for their roles in the devastating water crisis in Flint, Mich.

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Items Tagged with 'Lead and Copper Rule'

ARTICLES

EPA Outlines Plan to Speed Lead Pipe Removals

Water Utilities Continue Battle Against Lead In Their Systems

Clean Water Warrior Wins 2017 ENR Award of Excellence

After Flint, Michigan Pushes State Lead Rules Beyond Federal

Crisis in Flint Underscores a National Drinking Water Quality Problem

Flint Water Funding and Blame Controversies Grow

Outrage Mounts Over Flint Water Contamination

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