Program aims to remove lead from drinking water

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Sheena Elzie

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CINCINNATI — Lead could be leaking into drinking water without someone even knowing it, but one program that’s aiming to stop that. 

It takes a lot of workers to keep drinking water clean at Cincinnati Water Works, but there’s only one, self-proclaimed, lead lady.

Dawn Webb, a chemist at the water plant, has been testing the water for 25 years. 

“By the time it enters into what we call the detector, we’re only looking at the lead atoms or lead concentration,” said Webb.