Getting the lead out, 10 years after Flint
The Biden administration has taken the most significant step toward protecting our drinking water from lead since the start of the Flint, Michigan, water crisis a decade ago.
Clean water
Together we can protect the waterways that sustain our communities and our health.
Our waterways should be safe for swimming, fishing and drinking. But weak regulations and lax enforcement allow many of our rivers, lakes and streams to become so polluted they are no longer safe. This pollution, along with outdated infrastructure – like lead pipes in our schools – puts our health at risk. We need to work together to make sure our water is treated like the life-giving resource that it is.
The Latest on Clean water
STATEMENT: EPA to limit discharges of PFAS
STATEMENT: EPA releases $26 million to get the lead out of schools’ water
Updates
New report: Schools have homework to get the lead out
New toolkit helps parents ensure school drinking water is lead free
Tell the EPA: Replace lead service lines and filter schools’ drinking water
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New report details environmental, consumer costs of data center expansion
Growth in energy-intensive computing must come with focus on using renewable energy, maximizing energy efficiency, reducing impacts on grid
New report: Colorado schools have homework to remove lead from drinking water
Analysis finds many fountains, faucets in Colorado that tested positive for lead still need remediation a year later.
Statement: New rule will aid PFAS clean-ups
EPA lists two toxic PFAS chemicals under Superfund law
Parents and teachers call on EPA to ‘get the lead out’ at school
Groups representing millions of parents and teachers joined environmental and public health advocates to urge the EPA to get the lead out of drinking water at schools and child care centers.
A look back at what our unique network accomplished in 2023
Here are 10 examples of how our advocates won positive results for the public and the planet in 2023.