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A construction worker works on dislodging an old lead line in the basement of a house before his colleague pulls it out using an excavator. Credit: Shahrzad Rasekh / CT Mirror This story is part of CT ...

Amid a major federal government push to get rid of lead in water service lines, many municipalities are struggling to keep up. Processing Content One city has been ahead of the curve: Pittsburgh, ...

Sen. Michael Bennet, D-Colo., introduced a bill making it easier for water agencies to use tax-exempt debt after Denver Water struggled to meet IRS requirements for its lead removal project. The bill ...

Several south suburbs will get millions of dollars in state loans to replace lead water service lines through Illinois’ new budget that starts July 1. Despite the loans, taken together, communities ...

A proposed strengthening of the federal Lead and Copper Rule could require public water systems to identify and replace every lead line in their communities, even lines connecting to homes that ...

To expedite replacement of its lead service lines, Akron will hire three contractors to split the work. In this file photo, a lead pipe is shown after being replaced by a copper water supply line to a ...

QUINCY — City officials say new rules drafted by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency could result in a time crunch for lead service line replacement, increasing expenses and limiting payment ...

Washington ― The state that is home to the Flint and Benton Harbor water crises is getting a slight boost from a revised formula for allocating federal money for the removal of lead service lines ...

Thousands of lead water lines may still be being used in Connecticut. What is the state doing to fix it? WSHU: Hello, Andrew. New data obtained by you and your colleagues at the Connecticut Mirror ...

BAY CITY, MI - More funding is being directed towards an ongoing project to replace lead water lines in Bay City. The Bay City Commission approved a new appropriation of $4 million for lead service ...

The city earlier this year began replacing residents’ manual water meters with automated meter readers as part of its four-year True Reads Project. What’s received less attention is another critical ...