“Get the lead out” is an idiomatic expression meaning to hurry or speed up the pace of work. The expression applies doubly to St. Paul Regional Water Services, which is quickening the pace of its efforts to rid the system of lead pipes.
“When I joined this organization,” says Patrick Shea, general manager of the drinking water utility, “I was looking at the plan we had for ridding the system of lead pipe. It would have taken until 2054 to complete. The St. Paul Board of Water Commissioners, my staff and I believed that was not aggressive enough.”
The consequence of this
