Philly Found Its Lead Pipes. Now They're Getting Replaced.

Last week the Philadelphia Water Department announced that it made a deadline set by the Environmental Protection Agency to track all of its lead pipes. While much of this mapping of this service line material is still marked “unknown,” the department will have 10 years to replace all lead piping in the city, to be in compliance with a new law the Biden administration officially passed earlier this month. Back in May, host Trenae Nuri spoke with freelance journalist Zane Irwin about the plan to find these pipes and why the EPA wants to replace them.

See PWD’s interactive service line material map here.

Read Zane’s full story in Grid here.  

Resources mentioned in the episode:

• How to get your water tested.
• Find out if the water service line leading to your house is made of lead
• Check out the city’s Lead Guide

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