The federal government began regulating lead and copper pipes in 1991 when it announced its first version of the Lead and Copper Rule (LCR). The LCR’s primary purpose was to reduce the allowable lead ...

The LCRI is the latest in a series of updates to the original Lead and Copper Rule (LCR), first issued in 1991. While the initial LCR was designed to limit lead and copper levels in drinking water, ...

A landmark Environmental Protection Agency rule enacted at the end of last year sought to address the lead crisis—which threatens the health of millions of Americans—by tightening limitations on toxic ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. SIOUX CITY, Iowa (KCAU) — A Lead and Copper Rule signed into law in October may affect some Sioux City residents. According to a ...

MADISON – Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul joined a multistate coalition to intervene to defend the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) 2024 Lead and Copper Rule Improvements (LCRI). The ...

Twenty-five Metro Detroit communities exceeded Michigan’s lead action level for drinking water since 2018, according to state compliance data analyzed by a drinking water engineer and reviewed by ...

The EPA revisited the rule in 2021, and utilities are required to finalize service line inventories by fall 2027 to ...

A 2024 rule finally requires toxic lead water pipes to be replaced in a decade. Horrifyingly, Republican lawmakers want to repeal it — but we won’t let them. A 2024 rule finally requires toxic lead ...