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Biden lets Chicago replace dangerous lead water lines much slower than other cities

The president is ordering cities to replace lead pipes for drinking water within a decade. Chicago is getting at least 40 years to fix the problem.

Chicago Sun-Times · Nov 30, 2023

Proposed EPA rules require US cities to replace lead water pipes within 10 years

Strongest overhaul of rules in over three decades will cost billions as Biden administration moves to prevent public health crises

The Guardian - US · Nov 30, 2023

Biden administration proposes strictest lead pipe rules in more than three decades

Most cities would have to replace lead water pipes within 10 years under new rules proposed by the Environmental Protection Agency aimed to prevent like the ones in Flint, Mich. and Washington, D.C.

WEKU · Nov 30, 2023

Utilities see new costs in proposed PFAS water rule

WASHINGTON – The EPA’s long-anticipated proposal to regulate a new category of toxic substances in drinking water may shift the financial burden onto utilities and ratepayers, industry groups warned.

Tribune News Service · Mar 22, 2023

Utilities see new costs in proposed PFAS water rule - Roll Call

An EPA proposal to regulate "forever chemicals" in drinking water may shift the financial burden to utilities and ratepayers, industry says.

Roll Call · Mar 22, 2023

US agency takes aim at ‘forever chemicals’ in drinking water

Environmental Protection Agency proposes first federal limits on ‘forever chemicals’, saying the move will save lives.

Al Jazeera · Mar 14, 2023

EPA moves to limit toxic 'forever chemicals' in drinking water

The EPA proposed limiting the amount of harmful "forever chemicals" in drinking water to the lowest detectable levels, a move it said will save thousands of lives and prevent serious illnesses.

WEKU · Mar 14, 2023

EPA to limit toxic 'forever chemicals' in drinking water

The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing the first federal limits for harmful “forever chemicals” in drinking water

The Independent UK · Mar 14, 2023

EPA proposes stricter limits on coal plant water pollution

The Biden administration on Wednesday proposed strengthening a rule aimed at reducing polluted wastewater from coal-burning power plants that has contaminated streams, lakes and underground aquifers

The Independent UK · Mar 8, 2023

The EPA finalizes a water-protection rule that repeals Trump-era changes

The Biden administration finalized regulations that protect small streams, wetlands and other waterways, repealing a Trump-era rule that environmentalists said left waterways vulnerable to pollution.

WEKU · Dec 30, 2022