NEWTON — An ordinance requiring local property owners to replace lead and galvanized-steel water pipes will go to a public hearing on June 24, the town council decided this week. Ordinance 2024-19, ...

With the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) latest — and strictest — plan to minimize the risk of Americans drinking lead-contaminated water on the horizon, the debate over whether the rules go ...

Des Plaines officials plan to spend $134 million over 20 years replacing water service lines made from lead or galvanized steel. The city council on Monday voted to make the city responsible for the ...

KC Water will use nearly $2 million in new state funding to search for lead pipes in historically disadvantaged neighborhoods ...

Human and systemic errors prompted the water crisis in Flint, where thousands of people were exposed to high lead levels in their drinking water. Credit: Shutterstock With the Environmental Protection ...