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Jillian Forstadt
90.5 WESA Read the full article. With 10,000 pipes removed from the drinking water supply, the Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority (PWSA) says it is more than halfway to meeting its goal of removing all public lead service lines from its water system, with approximately 6,000 lines remaining. The utility has invested nearly $300 million into its lead service line replacement program since its inception in 2017, according to CEO Will Pickering. “We're just really excited to celebrate this milestone and looking forward to the day when we can say there's no more lead left in our system,” he said. Brian Conybeare
ABC 57 Read the full article. The Benton Harbor Water Crisis is not over just yet. In fact, it's simply moving on to another phase of removing lead contamination from inside residents' homes. The project to remove all the old underground lead water lines is now 99.4% complete and it came in on time and under budget. The drinking water lead levels that peaked at 32 parts per billion in December of 2019, more than twice the EPA's federal action level of 15 parts per billion, has been dropping steadily and is now down to 9 parts per billion this past December. But the push to remove all toxic lead from people's homes isn't over just yet. Kenosha News
Read the full article. The City of Kenosha has been awarded additional funds to support a private lead water service line replacement program. The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has provided financial assistance to municipalities to support lead service line replacement initiatives. Through the Safe Drinking Water Loan Program, WDNR was able to provide principal forgiveness loans to cover the full replacement cost of privately owned lead water service lines for the 2021 and 2022 State Fiscal Years. Kirsten Mitchell
CBS Minnesota Read the full article. A new program aims to help Twin Cities families get the lead out of their homes for free. More than one in four homes in St. Paul - 27% - still has a lead water service line, meaning the toxic metal can get in the drinking water. Stan Lukas has owned his home in the Hamline-Midway neighborhood since 1985. It was built in 1890 with lead pipes. "Back then it wasn't that big of a deal. I guess we just weren't aware of the dangers of it," Lukas said. Lead pipes were common in St. Paul homes until around the 1940s. Replacing them has been on Lukas's list of renovations. |
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