Actually . . . Not a bad idea that should've been done a long time ago . . . Finding the cash to pay for it is another conversation altogether given so much federal money has been committed to funding wars around the world . . .
Utilities in Kansas and Missouri would have to pull hundreds of thousands of lead pipes out of the ground within 10 years under a proposed rule the Environmental Protection Agency announced Thursday.
The EPA announced a proposed update to the lead and copper rule strengthening President Joe Biden’s earlier goal of eradicating lead pipes. The proposed rule also would lower the limit on lead in water by one-third.
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Kansas and Missouri have 256,000 lead pipes. EPA wants them removed within 10 years * Missouri Independent
The Environmental Protection Agency wants to require water utilities to remove lead pipes, which can expose people to the neurotoxic metal.
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