Biden's EPA passes rule that requires every single lead pipe in the country be replaced

[Voice of Reason]

Lead Drinking-Water Pipes Must Be Replaced Nationwide, E.P.A. Says

The “historic” rule aims to eliminate a major source of lead poisoning and comes a decade after a drinking-water crisis in Flint, Mich.

www.nytimes.com

This is a huge deal

 

[Voice of Reason]

up

 

[Sauce Mane]

Maybe Republicans will gain some sense of intelligence once their lead pipes get replaced?

 

[Rekkapryde]

Good

 

[O.T.I.S.]

 

[scorpino]

Goatden with another W

 

[Seoul Gleou]

 

[Thavoiceofthevoiceless]

That's going to be a major and expensive infrastructure project that's going to take years to complete and require a lot of manpower to pull off.

It's been long overdue. Unfortunately, those loopholes in that rule is going to force the burden on some of the lower class citizens that obviously don't have the money or resources to pull it off.

 

[Dwayne_Taylor]

Aside from the water quality, it's important because it will create jobs.

And I Hate to be that guy but, most of the construction companies who place low bids and win these contracts, will be able to bid low because their workers will be mostly illegals.

 

[Spliff]

Believe when I see it.

Flint still doesn’t have clean water, but I’m supposed to believe 3000 cities gonna replace all their lead pipes in a timely manner?

Performative feel good lip service for the election, only to be forgotten by Nov 6th. Yawn.

 

[Still Benefited]

Bought some Atkore stock,will buy again around 77 if the news doesnt move it.

 

[MurderToCassette]

Won't stop me from playing this album

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[Adeptus Astartes]

Inb4 Trump judges says the EPA is overstepping its authority

Flint still doesn’t have clean water, but I’m supposed to believe 3000 cities gonna replace all their lead pipes in a timely manner?

This isn't true anymore.

An extensive lead service pipe replacement effort has been underway since 2016. In early 2017, some officials asserted that the water quality had returned to acceptable levels, but in January 2019, residents and officials expressed doubt about the cleanliness of the water.[22][23][24] There were an estimated 2,500 lead service pipes still in place as of April 2019.[25] As of December 8, 2020, fewer than 500 service lines still needed to be inspected.[26] As of July 16, 2021, 27,133 water service lines had been excavated and inspected, resulting in the replacement of 10,059 lead pipes.[27] After $400 million in state and federal spending, Flint has secured a clean water source, distributed filters to all who want them, and laid modern, safe, copper pipes to nearly every home in the city. Politico declared that its water is "just as good as any city's in Michigan."

 

[Voice of Reason]

That's going to be a major and expensive infrastructure project that's going to take years to complete and require a lot of manpower to pull off.

It's been long overdue. Unfortunately, those loopholes in that rule is going to force the burden on some of the lower class citizens that obviously don't have the money or resources to pull it off.

Get out of here with these republican shill talking points.

https://www.axios.com/2024/10/08/biden-harris-lead-pipe-removal-26-billion

• The $2.6 billion infusion follows a previous $15 billion investment for lead pipe replacement.
• The 2021 infrastructure law included more than $50 billion toward clean drinking water and water infrastructure.
• Nearly half of the funding dedicated to clean water mandates must flow to disadvantaged communities, notably those who are often disproportionately impacted by lead poisoning.

 

[Dwayne_Taylor]

Won't stop me from playing this album

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Watch this thread become over run with dame smilies because the word "pipie" is in the title