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One of the points President Biden makes repeatedly is that his
administration rid the nation once and for all of lead pipes to
transport water. The bipartisan infrastructure law did include $15
billion to replace lead-based water service lines, and another nearly
$12 billion to improve drinking water systems, which could go toward
lead abatement.

And yet, over a year after the passage of that law, little has changed,
writing fellow Ramenda Cyrus reports. The money probably falls short of
what is needed to replace all the lead pipes in the country-if we even
knew where they all were. And water agencies that must do this work
cannot replace service lines inside property lines without permission
from the owners, many of whom are resistant.

Cyrus tells a story about the hard work of governing after a law gets
passed and everyone celebrates. It's about public servants trying to
turn an important priority with racial and economic justice implications
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