What’s prohibiting new Charleston restaurants from opening on time? For these owners, costly delays can be attributed to the clunky contraption that can be found in every food establishment: the ...

It could have been just another morning at P.S. 176 The Ovington School in Dyker Heights, but on June 12 — just days before ...

Eight months past a federal deadline, more than 90 percent of at-risk Chicagoans haven’t been told their drinking water could ...

Here’s what to do if your home or business is one of about 40,000 in the Birmingham area served by pipelines made of lead, galvanized or unknown materials. This is the third in a series of stories on ...

A little over one-third of water systems failed surveys estimating lead pipes in their water systems, despite a federal October 2024 deadline.

Years after most cities had transitioned to using other materials, Chicago continued to mandate the use of lead pipes until a 1986 EPA ruling banned the practice. Even Cleveland, the city with the ...

Children born today will be middle-aged by the time Chicago finishes replacing all of its lead service lines, according to the city’s replacement plan.

Flint has replaced most of its lead water pipes, more than 10 years after contaminated water was found in the Michigan city's water system, prompting national outrage. State officials submitted a ...

Michigan has replaced the majority of lead water service lines in Flint, but millions still remain across the country.

Louisiana will receive $412K from the EPA to remove lead pipes from schools and childcare facilities under a national infrastructure initiative.

The EPA estimated that each year this rule will prevent up to 900,000 cases of low birth weight and 1,500 cases of premature death from heart disease. Many advocates praised the rule, while others ...

Louisiana will get $412,000 in grant funding from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to remove lead pipes for schools and childcare facilities across the state.