The city of Toledo’s residents are getting safer water thanks to an ongoing underground makeover.In 2014, the Ohio city had a drinking water advisory due to an algae bloom in western Lake Erie. That brought water quality to the forefront and initiated an effort to provide the best drinking water possible. To do that, the city put lead service line removal at the top of their to-do list.“We knew we had to prioritize lead exposure,” says Mark Riley, administrator for the city of Toledo’s Department of Public Utilities. “We researched Flint, Michigan, because of the issues they had, to see
