Washington DC has a big problem. There is lead in the public drinking water. DC's Water and Sewer Authority is going to issue a warning to pregnant women and households with children under age 6 to STOP drinking unfiltered water from the tap. Some houses in DC are fed by lead pipes that were put in years ago. Those pipes are corrding and leaking lead in excess of the Federally mandated 15 PPB (parts per billion).
Costs of replace the some 23,000 lead pipes would take up to 5 years, and cost Millions of dollars. Wouldn't you know it, I live right near a ton of them.
Posted by yakuza at February 24, 2004 10:00 PM | TrackBack