About a decade after Flint’s water crisis caused national outrage, replacement of lead water pipes still isn’t finished.

The Center for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that the water crisis exposed nearly 100,000 residents of Flint to ...

Michigan is set to announce that it has finally replaced all of the lead water pipes in the city of Flint.The news comes a ...

Officials said fallout from the crisis led the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in October 2024 to make changes to the process used to detect lead in drinking water samples. The EPA also lowered ...

The contamination in Flint, Michigan, sparked a national dialogue about the harms of lead pipes and the country’s aging water infrastructure.

“We know that over 9 million legacy lead pipes continue to deliver water to homes across our country. But the science has been clear for decades: There is no safe level of lead in our drinking ...

Marking the 10th anniversary of the water crisis in Flint, Mich., President Biden on Tuesday gave water utilities 10 more years to replace virtually every lead pipe in the country, imposing the ...

Deacon Perry Owens Sr. estimates he spends at least $100 on bottled water. He doesn’t drink the tap water from his San Diego home. The pipes, composed of concrete and asbestos, once known as a ...

Houston-area public water systems could take years to test service lines for lead. In this file photo, Victor Hernandez, left, and Luis Martinez fill their water containers with a hose from a ...

Lead is a toxin that cities across the country are fighting to keep out of drinking water. Recent studies in the Columbia area offer encouraging findings.

As water pipes crumble, so does our trust in government. Here's how we fix this. | Opinion America’s drinking water utilities are highly fragmented, with tens of thousands of independent ...

Studies of toxin in drinking water pipes offer encouraging results for Columbia area By Sammy Fretwell. October 17, 2024 11:08 AM.