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RSSThings To Know Before Replacing Your Home's Lead Service Pipe
Analies Dyjak @ Tuesday, November 15, 2016 at 10:00 pm -0500
6.1 million homes in the United States still use have a functioning Lead Service Line to deliver municipal water into homes. The EPA recently announced that it will allocate $2.9 billion in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding to states, Tribes, and territories for lead service line replacement in 2022. While lead pipe replacement programs can be a great long-term solution to eliminate a source of lead contamination, it doesn’t make all problems go away. Here's the lead water service pipe information you need to know if you are considering replacing your home's lead service pipe:
How Does Lead Enter Drinking Water?
Analies Dyjak @ Sunday, July 17, 2016 at 8:26 pm -0400
With the spotlight on the ongoing lead crisis underway in Flint, Hydroviv has been getting a lot of questions about lead in drinking water. In various discussions, it has become clear that most people don't understand how lead enters drinking water, and how it's regulated at the federal level. Most people are surprised by the number of samples collected, and that most cities don't collect samples every year. The goal of this article is to explain the rule that regulates municipal water providers, and to help our readers understand what causes lead contamination in drinking water.
