NEWTON — An ordinance requiring local property owners to replace lead and galvanized-steel water pipes will go to a public hearing on June 24, the town council decided this week. Ordinance 2024-19, ...

We rarely stop to consider how difficult it is to be a government leader. The responsibility to identify critical needs, focus on eminent dangers, ensure public safety, and provide citizen services ...

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 ...

Harold Harrington is a master plumber. Fixing people's pipes is what he does. But it was something he found in his own home in Flint, Mich., that disturbed him. "This came out of my house," Harrington ...

ALLENTOWN, Pa. - A massive effort to get the lead out in Allentown is taking a big step forward. Millions of dollars in state funding will go toward replacing water service pipes at the city's oldest ...

Phoenix's Water Department mailed letters to residents this week notifying them of potential lead exposure in the pipes, but city officials said it was unlikely and residents shouldn't be alarmed. The ...