Lead Pipe Money to Ooze, Not Flow, Out of EPA (Podcast)

Last year’s infrastructure bill made a landmark $15 billion investment in lead pipe removal, and even more funding may be on the way to get this toxic metal out of the country’s drinking water system.

But, according to two Bloomberg Law reporters, this money may be much slower than expected in getting to the communities that need it.

On today’s episode of Parts Per Billion, our weekly environmental podcast, Bobby Magill and Paige Smith explain why Congress’ funding allocation is a pivotal—but definitely not final—moment in the EPA’s war on lead. For one, drinking water systems don’t have a comprehensive ...