Many American cities have been excavating water mains, revealing lead pipes and leaving them there.
Many cities say they can leave the pipes and use chemical treatment instead. But that isn't foolproof, and the Biden administration has said it wants all 9.2 million lead pipes in the U.S. replaced. Even some cities that are committed to taking out lead pipe say they have too few resources and local rules can get in the way.
But decades after the dangers of lead became clear, other cities have made different decisions and have been leaving lead pipe in the ground. Experts say it has likely happened hundreds of thousands of times. It has occurred in Providence, Chicago and other places. It continues today in Oklahoma City, in Allentown, Pennsylvania, Nashville and Memphis, Tennessee, and St. Louis.
The EPA then “completely caved," and didn't reissue the provision, said Erik Olson, an attorney on the case with the Natural Resources Defense Council, leaving only partial replacements required when lead levels are high. Activists said Providence Water created a two-tiered system: one for people who could afford safe water and one for those who couldn't.
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