Entries Tagged Lead

Entry 339051Gov. Tony Evers of Wisconsin has signed an executive order to create a new position in the state’s government tasked with...

America’s aging sewer and water infrastructure is no secret, and neither is the emerging problem of lead contamination in drinking water. As...

Entry 339487Utility workers in Albany, New York, recently uncovered a wooden water main that likely dates back to the 1700s underneath the...

Using low-lead brass fittings in supply pipes (service lines) is essential to the integrity and purity of tap water. As most service...

A new study sheds some light on water conservation in California as the state continues to recover from its multi-year drought.The study,...

Natalie Nienhuis no longer has to worry about lead pipe issues in her 1920s bungalow in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Even better, she...

Just a few blocks away from the brunt of the work on the Downtown Streetscape Project in Rhinelander, Wisconsin, sits a large...

Missouri American Water Co. says it has canceled $20 million in water main replacement projects this year due to uncertainty related to...

A class-action lawsuit, filed by Eleni Delopoulos, 37, and represented by national law firm Hagens Berman, claims the City of Philadelphia put...

In response to concerns over unsafe drinking water, Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder says he will drink filtered tap water from Flint for...

Mayor Bill de Blasio has postponed work to finish New York City’s third water tunnel, reports the New York Times, citing that...

A municipal water worker in South Africa was murdered March 28 after responding to a customer complaint of a blocked sewer line....

The systemic lead contamination in the Flint, Michigan, water supply has created a national dialogue about infrastructure and lead service pipes. “Could...

An online fundraiser has been established for Michael Stiles, 56, who died March 22 in an accident while on the job as...