Residents in Baltimore City and County are being urged to check their water pipes and report the copper and lead results.The Baltimore City Department of Publ
With Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration projecting it will take 40 years and up to $12 billion to replace toxic lead water pipes throughout the city, aldermen are pressing for changes to speed up the work while driving down costs. On Tuesday a pair City Council committees heard from water officials in Cincinnati and Newark, New Jersey, two cities that are far ahead of Chicago in their .
The Environmental Protection Agency proposed a change to its lead and copper rule that would require cities to get rid of lead water service lines in 10 years,
The EPA recently announced it wants all lead pipes gone in the United States.Bozeman city staff say they made the decision in 2016 to remove the known lead serv