If you're buying an old house, beware of old galvanized steel water pipes. These pipes build up with sediment on the inside, making the inside diameter of the pipe smaller and smaller over time, ...

Here is a concern from one of our readers that you could and should find interesting. The subject matter applies to many middle-age to older homes. Yes, there is. The original method of distributing ...

Part of the city’s inventory of service lines – Badger Street, off South Main Street, is one of the few places where many of the connections have not been confirmed as safe from lead. FILE – A copper ...

The city of Dayton says it needs the community’s help to determine what materials their water service lines are made of to comply with new proposed federal regulations. The city is asking residents ...

NEWTON — An ordinance requiring local property owners to replace lead and galvanized-steel water pipes will go to a public hearing on June 24, the town council decided this week. Ordinance 2024-19, ...

Ten years of tap sample data published by THE CITY shows that 35% of collected drinking water samples contain some lead, and no level of lead in drinking water is safe. New York City has long touted ...

GREENSBORO, N.C. — Folks in cities across North Carolina are getting letters in the mail and those letters are causing a panic. The letters contain verbiage like ...

Dayton estimates that roughly one in seven water service lines in the city are partially or fully made out of lead or galvanized steel and may need to be replaced by 2037 to comply with federal ...

LUBBOCK, Texas (News Release) -In November 2023, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), announced updated changes to its Lead and Copper Rule Revisions (LCRR), called the Lead and Copper Rule ...

The estimate for replacement of 578 lead and galvanized steel water lines in Wisconsin Rapids is nearly $3.5 million, according to utility leaders.