Flint, Michigan, made headlines in 2015 when tests revealed dangerously high lead levels in its drinking water. The city had switched its water supply to the Flint River a year earlier, and corrosive ...

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Des Plaines officials plan to spend $134 million over 20 years replacing water service lines made from lead or galvanized steel. The city council on Monday voted to make the city responsible for the ...

With the Environmental Protection Agency’s latest — and strictest — plan to minimize the risk of Americans drinking lead-contaminated water on the horizon, the debate over whether the agency’s ...