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Biden announces 10-year deadline to remove all lead pipes nationwide

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The EPA estimates that nine million homes in the U.S. have lead pipes.

Biden announces 10-year deadline to remove all lead pipes nationwide

President Biden on Tuesday announced $2.6 billion in funding to replace all lead pipes in the United States as part of a new EPA rule that will require lead pipes to be identified and replaced within 10 years using the new funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Act.

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