With more than 700,000 lead pipes still in service, Ohio ranks among the top three states for having active lead pipes, according to the EPA. Spain reveals cause of massive blackout that cancelled ...

The federal government banned the use of lead pipes or solder in drinking water systems in 1986, but most utilities stopped using them in the 1950s. The EPA estimates around 46,000 lead water ...

About 9 million water service lines in the country— the pipes that carry water from a public facility to houses, schools and businesses— have lead in their pipes, according to the most recent estimate ...

The city with the most lead service lines in the country doesn’t plan to finish replacing them until 2076.

They were searching for — and, for a time, struggling to find — a section of lead pipe running from the water main to the curb. Before its removal it represented one of an estimated 13,000 ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - In November, the Charleston Water System announced plans to remove 6,400 lead service lines still in use across the downtown peninsula. This decision was driven by an ...

Fall River is getting the lead out of drinking water. How to replace your pipes for free. Emily Scherny The Herald News 0:00 ...

Jarrells said the cost of replacing all the lead pipes in Ohio could cost more than $5 billion. 10TV asked if he thinks the state is willing to step up and cover that cost.