US government would be prohibited from ever mandating lead pipe replacement or lowering lead limits in water

Republicans in Congress and the Trump administration are attempting to repeal the Biden administration’s groundbreaking rules that require all the country’s lead pipes to be replaced over the next 13 years and lower the limit on lead in water.

Environmentalists expressed alarm about the moves, which, if successful, would effectively prohibit the government from ever requiring lead line replacement in the future, or lowering lead limits.