Diane Moeller, a project engineer with Robinson Engineering who is overseeing the Waukegan project, said educational efforts ...

U.S. EPA prepares rule to speed up spending tied to its $15 billion national effort to replace lead pipes carrying drinking water. The Copper Development Association sees a market for copper pipe and ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - Leaders with Greater Cincinnati Water Works are asking customers to be on the lookout for a letter regarding an important update to their homes and businesses. More than 35,000 ...

Federal program to remove lead from municipal water systems likely will lead to infrastructure projects and nonferrous alloys demand. The disbursement of funds eventually should lead to project work ...

The LCRI is the latest in a series of updates to the original Lead and Copper Rule (LCR), first issued in 1991. While the initial LCR was designed to limit lead and copper levels in drinking water, ...

The federal government began regulating lead and copper pipes in 1991 when it announced its first version of the Lead and Copper Rule (LCR). The LCR’s primary purpose was to reduce the allowable lead ...

Lead from corroded pipes in Flint, Michigan, is partially to blame for a public health crisis in the impoverished community. Experts, and even some regulators, say existing laws are failing to protect ...