EPA survey reveals millions of lead pipes in US water systems, Florida has the most.

A new survey by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has found that 9.2 million lead pipes carry water into homes across the US, with Florida having the most at an estimated 1.16 million. The survey will be used to direct billions of dollars from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to water infrastructure upgrades, including finding and removing lead pipes. The Biden administration has set a goal to remove all of the country’s lead water pipes, but the $15 billion from the infrastructure law for lead pipe work will not be enough to solve the problem. The EPA also announced that states, U.S. territories and tribes will have $6.5 billion to upgrade drinking water infrastructure, with $6 billion of that total coming from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.