... replacing 100-year-old lead pipes that were installed at a time when there were few alternatives. It's mainly the municipal water system but it means going neighborhood by neighborhood, street by street ripping up pavements and replacing these old pipes. While doing all of that, the workers are replacing old gas pipes as well, because it's only a matter of time for those to go. It's a monumental undertaking.
Individual homeowners must also replace any lead pipes within our own property, but that part is done at the cost of the homeowners.
I'm sure all the older US cities that were built up before World War II are having to do the same. That includes almost every city in Pennsylvania. In Pittsburgh this project has been going on for about 5 years.
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