particularly when it comes to water supply lines. Up until the introduction of flexible plastic pipes like PVC and PEX, copper pipes were the most common type of pipe in residential housing.

At issue are the lead service lines, the small pipes that connect homes and businesses to the larger water mains under the street. Now, they are mostly made of copper, but before 1950 ...

WE’RE DOING WATER INSPECTIONS ARE GOING DOOR TO DOOR IN LANCASTER TO INSPECT WATER SERVICE LINES COMING ... self-reported what type of material their pipes are – lead, copper, galvanized ...

This new order, part of the Lead and Copper Rule Revisions (LCRR), is in an effort to replace all lead pipes within 10 years. Lead service lines are the greatest source of lead exposure in drinking ...

The Water Authority encourages residents to perform this test. If the pipe matches the penny, it’s copper ... the types of pipes leading into the final 10,000 of the 196,000 service lines ...

A crew from Greater Cincinnati Water Works rolls out new copper pipe to replace a brass service line at a home in September; like lead, brass lines must be replaced with copper according to new ...

2, Greater Cincinnati Water Works will be sending ... of chemicals to coat service lines to minimize that risk. Cincinnati began requiring the use of copper pipes in 1928 and stopped using lead ...

Water service lines are the pipe connecting a water main to a building. The U.S. EPA is mandating replacement over time of lead, copper or galvanized lines ... Kadri said they have some data on the ...

A crew from Greater Cincinnati Water Works rolls out new copper pipe to replace a brass service line at a home in September; like lead, brass lines must be replaced with copper according to new rules ...