President Biden: Please remove toxic lead water pipes quickly and
equitably!

The landmark Bipartisan Infrastructure Law earmarked $15 billion towards
replacing lead pipes bringing drinking water into people’s homes. Now we
need to make sure the communities most impacted by toxic lead
contamination are protected from lead ASAP.

Sign our petition urging President Biden to quickly replace lead service
lines in a fair and equitable manner!

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Dear NRDC Activist,

We can put an end to the lead-contaminated water crisis.

Last year, President Biden signed the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law which
includes a $15 billion commitment to replace lead water pipes.

NRDC fought hard alongside community partners to push the administration
to do everything in its power to help end the lead contamination in
drinking water that plagues many communities across the country, and this
federal investment is encouraging.

Now, NRDC and its partners are urging President Biden to not just remove
lead water pipes from the ground, but to do so in a fast and equitable
way.

[ [link removed]- ]Sign
our petition urging President Biden to rapidly replace lead water pipes
and to ensure communities that are disproportionately impacted by lead
contamination in their water get the funding they need. We’ll be sure to
deliver your petition directly to the White House.

President Biden’s repeated promise to get the lead out of our water within
10 years is the right way to go. But the EPA is allowing state water
utilities 30 years or more to get lead pipes out even as more people
continue to suffer from contaminated drinking water. [ [link removed]- ]We must send a
message to the administration: Get these pipes out quickly and equitably!

Here’s
the truth about lead in our drinking water:

* Lead pipes connect to 9 to 12 million homes in every state across the
U.S., and communities of color and low-income communities are
disproportionately impacted by lead contamination
* There’s no safe level of lead exposure, period, and low levels of
exposure in children are linked to damage to the brain and nervous
system, learning disabilities, shorter stature, impaired hearing, and
harm to blood cells
* Exposed adults can suffer from cardiovascular disease and adverse
impacts on reproduction and the kidneys, among other harmful health
effects

However, while this landmark federal investment in replacing lead service
lines is critical to ending the lead-contaminated water crisis, the way
the funding is distributed is not equitable: the states with the most lead
service lines will get significantly less funding.

For example, Michigan and Missouri — states with some of the highest
concentrations of lead service lines — will receive an estimated $151 per
service line, while other states with fewer lines will receive an
estimated $7,000 or even $10,000 per service line.

It is crucial that the Biden administration works quickly to distribute
the funding for these lead service line replacements in a more fair and
equitable way. Will you join our call?

[ [link removed]- ]Sign our petition right away: we need to make as much noise as possible
so that President Biden can ensure states are given the appropriate
resources to help them quickly remove lead service lines that are plaguing
their communities.

Whether it was the lawsuits in Flint, MI and Newark, NJ that NRDC was a
part of, or our partners in frontline organizations who are fighting hard
to fix the lead in drinking water crisis, the nation is now more aware
than ever of the damage caused by lead in drinking water. NRDC is
committed to a future where everyone can trust the water that comes from
their tap.

Now it’s time for us to do our part to put an end to the scourge of lead
in our drinking water once and for all. [ [link removed]- ]So, please, sign our petition
calling on the Biden administration to remove lead service lines in our
country as quickly and as equitably as possible.

Thank you for being a vital ally in this fight.

Sincerely,

Erik D. Olson
Senior Strategic Director, Health and Food, People & Communities, NRDC

Photo: Brian Maranan Pineda for NRDC

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