Digging up the line, workers discovered it was a pipe that contained lead, one of about 2,900 the city will ask residents to replace under a federal rule finalized this month. Shepherd says he’s ...

July 20, 2018. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File) ST. LOUIS (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency is at risk of misallocating nearly $1 billion in lead pipe replacement funding to the wrong states ...

U.S. Bureau of Reclamation received the first sections of the 90-inch replacement pipe for the St. Mary Siphon, marking a major milestone of the extensive project to restore the damaged siphon. This ...

Background: Even with effective smoking cessation medications, many smokers are unable to abruptly stop using tobacco. This finding has increased interest in smoking reduction as an interim step ...

suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Let us know! Philadelphia and Wilmington, along with other United States cities, shared information this week about the ...

In response to a request for comment, the EPA referred to the cost-benefit analysis of the rule and noted the federal funding available to replace lead pipes. It also said the agency “strongly ...

Of those thousands of service lines, a little more than 800 have been identified as recommended for replacement. Not all of the 800 lines are lead pipes, but some are. Over the years there have ...

Detroit has already been working to replace its aging water infrastructure, with $90 million in federal funding allocated for lead pipe replacement. The Biden-Harris administration finalized a new ...

It replaces a looser standard set by former President Donald Trump's administration that did not include a universal requirement to replace lead pipes. More than 9 million lead pipes remain in ...

After the Biden administration issued new lead cleanup rules Tuesday, New York is on the hook for at least $2.5 billion to replace toxic drinking water pipes — far more than the state has ever ...

One reason is the new, tighter deadline that cities face to replace their lead pipes. The other is that Richmond is unusual because it will cover at least some of the cost of replacing pipes that ...