Lead and Copper Rule Resources

  1. California Bill To Protect Children From Lead Exposure Advances To Senate 5/22/2024

    On May 21, California Assembly lawmakers passed a bill to safeguard children’s health from the lasting and devastating effects of lead exposure through drinking water, an urgent threat in the state.

  2. Repurposed Beer Yeast May Offer A Cost-Effective Way To Remove Lead From Water 5/15/2024

    Every year, beer breweries generate and discard thousands of tons of surplus yeast. Researchers from MIT and Georgia Tech have now come up with a way to repurpose that yeast to absorb lead from contaminated water.

  3. Puerto Rico To Get $28.6M For Lead Pipe Replacement To Advance Safe Drinking Water 5/13/2024

    Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced $28.6M from President Biden’s Investing in America agenda to help Puerto Rico identify and replace lead service lines to prevent exposure to lead in drinking water.

  4. Biden-Harris Administration Reports Significant Progress Toward Protecting Children From Lead Poisoning 5/9/2024

    Today, May 9, the President’s Task Force on Environmental Health Risks and Safety Risks to Children is publishing the Progress Report on the Federal Lead Action Plan, a comprehensive update on the government’s progress since 2018 toward reducing childhood lead exposures.

  5. Detecting Lead Service Lines 5/8/2024

    Detecting Lead Service Lines can become expensive fast if the right technique is not being used. The best and most affordable way to detect lead service lines is by measuring the concentrations of lead at the tap using an onsite analyzer.

  6. Electro Scan Launches U.S. Customer Engagement Center To Schedule And Dispatch Home Inspections For Lead Pipe Detection 5/7/2024

    Electro Scan Inc. announced today the launch of its U.S. Customer Engagement Center to support the scheduling and dispatch of Electro Scan crews for home inspections of water service lines.

  7. North Carolina Department Of Environmental Quality's LSLI And Predictive Modeling Guidance 5/6/2024

    BlueConduit is proud to support North Carolina water systems as they navigate the NCDEQ’s robust statistical methods and predictive modeling guidance to ensure, with the highest possible confidence, compliance with NCDEQ’s guidance and the most efficient identification and removal of lead service lines for all North Carolina communities.

  8. Biden-Harris Administration Announces $3B For Lead Pipe Replacement To Advance Safe Drinking Water As Part Of Investing In America Agenda 5/2/2024

    Today, May 2, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced $3B from President Biden’s Investing in America agenda to help every state and territory identify and replace lead service lines, preventing exposure to lead in drinking water. 

  9. Awaiting The Final Lead and Copper Rule Improvements: What Happens Next? 5/2/2024
    From "Revisions" to "Improvements," the EPA is making further changes to the Lead and Copper Rule to keep drinking water systems working toward the ultimate goal.
  10. Funding The Fight Against PFAS And Lead In Drinking Water 5/2/2024

    An overview of funding opportunities for water utilities to meet new and upcoming compliance objectives, as well as technology considerations to reduce further contamination.