That means Trenton wasn’t testing its water when it may have had its highest concentrations of lead. “Flint’s water crisis wasn’t the first, it wasn’t the worst and it wasn’t the last,” she said. Every year he sees a handful of utilities switch to monochloramine and spark a lead problem, Edwards said, which he thinks is the “tip of the iceberg.” Mrs. Woodbury paints in oils and water-colors; the latter are genre scenes, and among them are several Dutch subjects. In Burton, just next door to Flint, budget realities have made plastics the realistic choice. Worldwide, growth in renewable power capacity is set to double by 2027, adding as much renewable power in the next five years as it did in the past two decades, according to the International Energy Agency.
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But a staffer attended an EPA training in 2017 where the Washington, D.C., case was presented. Now, the state requires increased monitoring for any systems that change the source or treatment of their water. Lead levels in drinking water in the northwest Missouri town — population 5,609 — had spiked. Sensing an opening, the iron pipe industry has started a public relations push of its own, voicing concerns over plastic, wooing President Trump with accolades for his infrastructure drive and setting up a war between the two industries.
Because of inequitable infrastructure development and disinvestment, low-income communities and communities of color are disproportionately exposed to these risks. President Biden and Vice President Harris believe this is unacceptable and must change. No child, no family, no teacher, no American should drink water with lead or be exposed to lead paint in their homes. And, the Administration is continuing its work with Congress to provide resources through the Build Back Better Act to provide local communities additional support for clean drinking water and lead paint removal.
But, experts say, the only permanent solution to stop lead from seeping into America’s water is to remove the millions of lead pipes that remain 36 years after environmental regulators banned new ones from being installed. An image provided by the Environmental Protection Agency shows examples of a lead pipe, left, a corroded steel pipe, center, and a lead pipe treated with protective orthophosphate. The EPA is only now requiring water systems to take stock of their lead pipes, decades after new ones were banned. Corporations pay membership fees as high as $25,000 to gain access to some 1,500 mayors and local council members who have signed up for the initiative. To spur local decision-making, the A.C.C.E. has also adopted model legislation pushing for more open bidding for glass pipes.