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Oneear

(307 posts) Sat Jan 25, 2025, 01:56 PM Saturday

Water

Are you in a Community where water pipes are leaking? Are they Galvanized and Dipped in Zinc? EPA.org lead. Ask the Water Department what the oldest water pipe in the ground where I live is. We have 1914 Galvanized Water Pipes Dipped in Zinc lead Pipes.

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Our water district tests for lead in our water surfered Saturday #1

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1. Our water district tests for lead in our water

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Sat Jan 25, 2025, 02:07 PM

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As required by EPA regulations: Under the Safe Drinking Water Act, the EPA sets standards and ensures compliance through monitoring, reporting, and enforcement mechanisms.

Random houses in the community take a sample annually from their tap and the utility district picks it up and sends it in for analysis.

The results are published . Who knows if the Trump’s EPA will follow these regulations

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