Amid Compliance Queries, EPA Touts LCRI As Major Lead Prevention Step

EPA’s high-profile rule targeting lead-based drinking water pipes will force utilities to replace nearly all lead service lines (LSLs) over the next decade and take various other steps to limit exposures -- a measure that agency officials are hailing as a major shift toward preventing contamination. However, state and local officials are pressing for more federal funding to ease compliance cost burdens, while some industry and environmental groups are at odds over whether certain plastic pipes should be considered a...