His proposed budget guts needed protections. ... Discarded lead pipe that was removed from a home in the 10100 block of South Green Street is seen on May 2, 2024. (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune) ...

The use of lead pipes for water service lines used to be the standard. In 1936, Naperville passed an ordinance requiring all water service lines be made of “extra strong lead pipe.” ...

A copper water supply line, left, is shown connected to a water main after being installed for lead pipe, right, in Flint, Mich., Friday, July 20, 2018. Credit: AP ...

The federal funding will allow the city to oversee the process, and pipe replacement will be free for customers. “If you have a lead line, we’ll replace it at no cost to you.

Flint, Michigan, has completed its lead water pipe replacement project more than a decade after the city's water crisis drew national attention. According to a recent court report, 11,000 lead ...

CT has as many as 8,000 lead service lines used in public water systems. In a wealthy town too. There is no safe level of lead in the human body.

Greater Cincinnati Water Works, which created its lead pipe replacement program in 2016 when it had 42,000 lead lines in its service area, aims to complete 3,600 replacements a year.

In Ohio, where an estimated 745,000 lead service lines exist, some communities have started inventorying and mapping the lines and notifying customers. Others haven't begun the work, Jarrells said.

FILE - Workers back fill a hole used to replace lead pipe with copper water supply lines to a home in Flint, Mich., July 20, 2018. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File) “I think other cities are racing ...

With Flint's lead pipe replacement program winding down this year, Bell and his elderly mother worried the home they share was forgotten. Betty Bell repeatedly called the city while continuing to ...

The scandal damaged trust in government — nearly 700 Flint homeowners declined free lead pipe replacement, the NRDC said. Flint finally adopted an ordinance last year to prevent homeowners from ...

FLINT, Mich. (AP) — Jeffrey Bell watched as crews dug up and replaced neighbors’ lead water pipes, hoping his mother’s house would be next. Workers told him it wasn’t on their list but ...