Millions in federal dollars are headed to 10 New Mexico communities to address lead and copper pipes in local water systems. State finance officials said other municipalities need to act soon and apply to receive what’s left of the $28.6 million New Mexico received in its portion of the $3 billion from the 2021 Bipartisan […] The post New Mexico efforts to catalog lead water lines off to ‘slow start’ as federal money flows in appeared first on Source New Mexico.
Lockport officials recently reported elevated levels of lead in drinking water in four homes with known lead pipes, but officials said lead pipes to three homes have since been replaced by the city. City officials test the water quality twice a year, under state and federal regulations, of 30 homes with known lead water service lines, plumbing or pipes, said Brent Cann, director of public .