From NPR: Check if you have lead pipes in your home
NPR developed a tool to make it easier for you to check if your drinking water is at risk for lead exposure and what kinds of solutions are available to you if that’s the case. Follow the steps to learn more about the pipes in your home.
Breaking news from Benton Harbor:
Chicago residents risk daily lead exposure from toxic pipes. Replacing them will take decades.
The city with the most lead service lines in the country doesn’t plan to finish replacing them until 2076.
Waves of Change: Meet creative, organizer and educator Antonio Cosme
As someone who has been working in environmental justice for almost 10 years, Cosme said it all began with trying to stop the water shutoffs in Detroit.
Great Lakes Now sits down with director of Flint water crisis film “Lead and Copper”
William Hart, director of a documentary about the Flint water crisis called “Lead and Copper,” joined Great Lakes Now’s Anna Sysling for a discussion about the film.
U.S. Judge: Flint has 5 months to finish long-overdue lead pipe replacement
The $97 million project was supposed to be done by 2020. Officials blame the pandemic, supply shortages and unreliable contractors for the delay.
Here is Great Lakes Now’s recent work about the issue of lead in drinking water:
Chicago residents risk daily lead exposure from toxic pipes. Replacing them will take decades.
The city with the most lead service lines in the country doesn’t plan to finish replacing them until 2076.
Students at Michigan State and Wisconsin win EPA funding for environmental health innovations
Students from Michigan State University and the University of Wisconsin are among the winners of a contest for innovations in sustainability.
Wisconsin communities receive $273M for drinking water projects
State awards financial aid to 86 communities for projects to address lead pipes, PFAS contamination.
Children of Flint water crisis make change as young environmental and health activists
Dozens of the children of Flint, Michigan’s lead-contaminated water crisis have turned their trauma into advocacy 10 years after it began.
Judge holds Flint in contempt for continued lead pipe replacement delays
The city was supposed to finish replacing all lead service lines in Flint by 2020. The work still isn’t done. The ruling includes no financial penalties.
Harris announces $5.8 billion for water infrastructure projects, says clean water is a right
The Biden administration announced that states will share $5.8 billion in federal funds for water infrastructure projects around the country.
Great Lakes Now sits down with director of Flint water crisis film “Lead and Copper”
William Hart, director of a documentary about the Flint water crisis called “Lead and Copper,” joined Great Lakes Now’s Anna Sysling for a discussion about the film.
Government watchdog: EPA slow to raise alarm in Benton Harbor water crisis
Government auditors say EPA officials failed to follow a new “elevation policy” that’s meant to generate a stronger response to the most urgent environmental and public health threats.
Flint misses new deadline in long-overdue lead line replacement effort
Advocates say the city has blown through a court-ordered May 1 deadline to figure out which Flint residents are still dealing with potholed yards and sidewalks, after work crews excavated lead service lines and left a mess behind.
U.S. Judge: Flint has 5 months to finish long-overdue lead pipe replacement
The $97 million project was supposed to be done by 2020. Officials blame the pandemic, supply shortages and unreliable contractors for the delay.
Drinking Water News Roundup: Illinois EPA invests over $70M in drinking water projects, students receive funding for Ohio water quality research
Catch the latest updates on what’s happening with drinking water in Great Lakes Now’s biweekly headline roundup.
Drinking Water News Roundup: New water infrastructure funding, projects, programs
Catch the latest updates on what’s happening with drinking water in Great Lakes Now’s biweekly headline roundup.