‘I’d be shocked if we didn’t find a few’: Kansas City’s hunt for lead pipes is on • Missouri Independent

An inventory of Kansas City’s water service lines hasn’t turned up any lead pipes yet, but that doesn’t mean the city is finished looking — or out of the woods. KC Water’s initial investigation, which involved searching public records like building permits and other filings, found that almost three-quarters of the city’s 178,000 service lines […]

Chicago was supposed to warn residents about toxic lead pipes last year. Most still have no idea. | Great Lakes Now

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

Chicago residents risk daily lead exposure from toxic pipes. Replacing them will take decades. | Great Lakes Now

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

Do lead pipes deliver water to your NYC building? Check this map.

The map’s release comes one month after the EPA announced that all lead pipes carrying drinking water in the country must be replaced in 10 years.

Houston receives $7.5 million in HUD funding to combat lead exposure

The funding is part of a broader nationwide effort to improve drinking water quality.

Biden sets 10-year deadline for US cities to replace lead pipes nationwide

A decade after the Flint, Michigan, water crisis raised alarms about the dangers of lead in tap water, President Joe Biden is setting a 10-year deadline for U.S. cities to replace lead pipes and make drinking water safe for all Americans. Biden announced a final Environmental Protection Agency rule Tuesday in the swing state of Wisconsin during the final month of a tight presidential campaign. The announcement by the Democratic president highlights an issue — safe drinking water — that Kamala Harris has prioritized as vice president and in her presidential campaign. The rule supplants a looser standard set forth by former President Donald Trump’s administration that didn't include a universal requirement to replace lead pipes.

In landmark move, EPA requires removal of all U.S. lead pipes in a decade

The Environmental Protection Agency rule finalized Tuesday could eliminate a toxic threat to U.S. children and is projected to cost tens of billions of dollars.

Lead Service Line Replacement Funding Program | California State Water Quality Control Board

Diversifying Citizen Science Projects

Citizen science projects tend to attract white, affluent, well-educated volunteers — here’s how we recruited a more diverse group to identify lead pipes in homes.