https://padlet.com/jsdavis18/xc597hjpt2tl The Washington Post Article en-us 2016-11-16 23:33:29 UTC 2016-11-29 01:30:30 UTC hello@padlet.com jsdavis18 https://padlet.com/jsdavis18/xc597hjpt2tl/wish/138279900 2016-11-16 23:43:25 UTC https://padlet.com/jsdavis18/xc597hjpt2tl/wish/138279900 jsdavis18 https://padlet.com/jsdavis18/xc597hjpt2tl/wish/138279913 2016-11-16 23:43:32 UTC https://padlet.com/jsdavis18/xc597hjpt2tl/wish/138279913 jsdavis18 https://padlet.com/jsdavis18/xc597hjpt2tl/wish/138280046 Madison, WI experienced water with unacceptable levels of lead (P5)]]> 2016-11-16 23:45:00 UTC https://padlet.com/jsdavis18/xc597hjpt2tl/wish/138280046 jsdavis18 https://padlet.com/jsdavis18/xc597hjpt2tl/wish/138280229 Madison dug out and replaced all 8,000 pipes because their lead measured 16 parts per billion, one part per billion over the Environmental Protection Agency's standard (one millionth of a liter)]]> 2016-11-16 23:47:27 UTC https://padlet.com/jsdavis18/xc597hjpt2tl/wish/138280229 jsdavis18 https://padlet.com/jsdavis18/xc597hjpt2tl/wish/138280429 “As long as there are lead pipes in the ground or lead plumbing in homes, some risk remains,” says David LaFrance, chief executive of the American Water Works Association]]> 2016-11-16 23:49:37 UTC https://padlet.com/jsdavis18/xc597hjpt2tl/wish/138280429 jsdavis18 https://padlet.com/jsdavis18/xc597hjpt2tl/wish/138280569 decade of digging and copper-pipe replacement at a cost of nearly $20 million]]> 2016-11-16 23:50:54 UTC https://padlet.com/jsdavis18/xc597hjpt2tl/wish/138280569 jsdavis18 https://padlet.com/jsdavis18/xc597hjpt2tl/wish/138280632 ever since the project's completion, Madison's lead levels were well under the Lead and Copper Rule's "action" ]]> 2016-11-16 23:51:33 UTC https://padlet.com/jsdavis18/xc597hjpt2tl/wish/138280632 jsdavis18 https://padlet.com/jsdavis18/xc597hjpt2tl/wish/138280783 the lead levels were so low that the EPA requires water samples every 3 years instead on annually]]> 2016-11-16 23:53:28 UTC https://padlet.com/jsdavis18/xc597hjpt2tl/wish/138280783 jsdavis18 https://padlet.com/jsdavis18/xc597hjpt2tl/wish/138280919 Lansing, MI, facing a similar problem, will also be removing 14,500 pipes in a 10 year, $40 million dollar project]]> 2016-11-16 23:54:48 UTC https://padlet.com/jsdavis18/xc597hjpt2tl/wish/138280919 jsdavis18 https://padlet.com/jsdavis18/xc597hjpt2tl/wish/138281189 Removing lead pipes only up to a property — a partial replacement — could make contamination worse because metals inside the pipe dislodge during excavation.]]> 2016-11-16 23:57:38 UTC https://padlet.com/jsdavis18/xc597hjpt2tl/wish/138281189