With an offer to help residents
replace lead pipes at their homes, a Milwaukee County official is hoping to lay the groundwork for the next giant local public - works project.
Ryan O'Malley, a city councilor in Malden, added that most Malden residents support allowing marijuana firms, and that he hopes the revenue they bring could help the city
replace lead pipes and address other problems.
The state Senate has passed a bill designed to help Wisconsin homeowners cover the cost of
replacing lead pipes.
Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett is calling for the city to set aside nearly $ 11 million for
replacing lead pipes and removing lead paint from properties in its next budget.
Not exact matches
If you own your home, consider
replacing your
lead service line with newer copper
pipe.
All
lead pipes should be
replaced.
The Niagara Falls Water Board will be
replacing more
lead pipe water lines this year than planned.
The credit would be worth up to $ 3,000 of the costs related to getting rid of
lead pipes and paint and
replacing surfaces, windows or fixtures contaminated with the
lead paint.
The budget would also put money toward
replacing about 300 leaking or failing
lead pipes at residences, he added.
Advocates are now struggling to gather enough resources to
replace pipes and provide a lifetime of treatment for
lead exposure.
Some cities have
replaced all their
pipes, while others have encouraged residents to purchase inexpensive water filters that can remove
lead.
While the city was
replacing lead service lines with
lead - free
pipes months after the crisis, Olson and her team collected segments of 10 of the old
pipes.
The
Lead pipes at this facility were NOT EVER
REPLACED WITH PLASTIC
PIPE.
Google's not joined calls for the governor to resign, but it has just given $ 150,000 to the University of Michigan to help researchers gather data about the city's
pipes to predict where high levels of
lead might be found and determine which ones need to be
replaced.