Biden sets 10-year deadline for US cities to replace lead pipes nationwide

President Joe Biden speaks at an event at the Milwaukee Department of Public Works in Milwaukee, Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2024, to discuss his administration’s progress in replacing lead pipes in Wisconsin and across the country. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

FILE - Virginia Tech professor Marc Edwards shows the difference in water quality between Detroit and Flint after testing, giving evidence after more than 270 samples were sent in from Flint that show high levels of lead during a news conference on Sept. 15, 2015, in downtown Flint, Mich. (Jake May/The Flint Journal via AP, File)

FILE - A copper water supply line, left, is shown connected to a water main after being installed for lead pipe, right, July 20, 2018, in Flint, Mich. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)

President Joe Biden speaks at an event at the Milwaukee Department of Public Works in Milwaukee, Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2024, to discuss his administration’s progress in replacing lead pipes in Wisconsin and across the country. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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