The Onondaga County Water Authority is asking homeowners to help identify whether their water service lines are made of lead, copper or another material. OCWA, which serves 107,000 customers in ...

BEAUMONT, Texas — The City of Beaumont will mail required water service line notifications to more than 38,000 customers this month as part of a citywide effort to identify lead and other older pipe ...

Water service lines are the pipes connecting the water main to a building that are often connected to the water meter. A surprising number of cities in the United States have water service lines made ...

Gainesville Regional Utilities is conducting an inventory of its water service lines to ensure none are made of lead following recent rule changes by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Jennifer ...

GREENSBORO, N.C. — Folks in cities across North Carolina are getting letters in the mail and those letters are causing a panic. The letters contain verbiage like ...

KC Water sent about 78,000 letters to households where the city still needs to confirm the material of the service line that brings drinking water into homes. Why it matters: The city needs accurate ...

EAST LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — East Lansing’s Department of Public Works is hitting the pavement this week, knocking on doors to find out if and where there are lead components within the water ...

Copper pipes show corrosion signs like discoloration and green patches, which indicate potential failure points, especially under chloramine disinfection conditions PEX piping is vulnerable to ...

When you buy or renovate an older home, the first hint of a plumbing issue can feel like a five‑figure problem waiting to ...

A landmark federal commitment to fund the elimination of a toxic national legacy—lead drinking water pipes—promises to improve the public health outlook for millions of people across the U.S. But it ...

New rules from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will require water utilities across the nation to replace nearly all lead pipes within a decade — an ambitious plan to crack down on a potent ...

(TNS) — Since Baltimore asked residents in December to test their home's water line for lead and submit the results to the city, nearly 4,500 have done so. Meanwhile, about 173,000 properties still ...