How to Find Out If Your Home Has Lead Service Lines - NRDC
2023年10月23日 · A step-by-step guide to help you check for lead pipes—and the questions to ask of your local water utility.
Lead Pipes at Home? How to Test and What to Do Next - Bob Vila
2020年12月29日 · Most homes built before 1986 have lead pipes or lead solder in the plumbing, and millions still have lead service lines. Here's what homeowners should know.
7 Ways to Tell if You Have Lead Pipes in Your Home
2021年7月25日 · Are you suspecting that you may have lead water pipes in your house? Here is how to test if indeed the pipes in your house are lead.
Protect Your Tap: A Quick Check for Lead | US EPA
2024年6月3日 · Protect Your Tap: A Quick Check for Lead is an online step-by-step guide to help people identify lead pipes, called lead service lines, in their homes. It also provides tips on actions to reduce lead exposure in drinking water, information on certified laboratories for water testing, and resources to learn more.
Protect Your Tap: A Quick Check for Lead | US EPA
2024年6月18日 · This guide will help you determine if you have a lead service line bringing water into your home. It uses pictures, step-by-step directions to identify lead service lines, provides tips to reduce lead exposure, information on testing your water, and resources to learn more.
Getting Started with Lead Service Line Identification and …
2024年6月18日 · Lead can enter drinking water from a variety of plumbing materials. The most common sources of lead in drinking water are lead pipes and brass or bronze faucets and fixtures. A service line is the pipe that connects the water main to the plumbing in a home or building.
What the New Lead Pipe Replacement Laws Mean for Homeowners
2023年12月4日 · The lead pipe replacement program will eliminate most lead water lines over the next ten years. Here's where the funding is going and what communities should expect.
Lead Pipes - Everything You Need To Know - 1-Tom-Plumber
2024年1月17日 · Welcome to the ultimate guide of everything you need to know about lead pipes in your home: we’ll quickly review the history of lead pipes and answer critical questions like what are they, are they dangerous, what do they look like, should I replace them, and much more.
Finding Lead Water Pipes: New NRDC Map Shows the Hot Spots …
2024年9月15日 · Federal and state governments acknowledge the widespread presence of lead pipes throughout the country—NRDC’s new map reveals where they are.
The U.S. must replace its lead pipes, according to new EPA rule
2024年10月8日 · HUANG: Congress banned lead pipes for drinking water in 1986, but pipes that were previously installed were allowed to remain until now. The new rule is called the Lead and Copper Rule Improvement and is expected to significantly reduce the incidence of low birth weight and heart disease and improve IQ in affected neighborhoods.