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INTERACTIVE MAP: More than half of cities with lead pipes on GLWA don't know where they are

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There are lead service lines in older communities across Michigan. Because of their age and population size, it’s fair to say the bulk of Michigan’s lead service lines are in cities in Southeast Michigan. I spent a lot of time trying to determine which Detroit suburbs have lead service lines and how many. I wanted to see how far out into the suburbs lead was found in underground water pipes. It was relatively easy (albeit an expensive FOIA bill near $2000 for these "public documents") to track down which communities were testing lead lines. But figuring out how many lead pipes were in each community is nearly impossible. More than 60% of communities on this map with lead service lines do not know how many there are. The Lead and Copper Rule requires cities to gather this basic information of how many lead service lines they have and where they are. That rule was adopted in the summer of 1991. Now, Michigan’s Department of Environmental Quality is likely to require cities to make a

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