Biden back in Wisconsin, highlighting EPA rule to replace all lead pipes

President Joe Biden was back in campaign mode yesterday, stopping Wisconsin during the day to spotlight a signature legislative achievement, before heading to Pennsylvania.

A month after Biden was in Westby, the president stopped in Milwaukee, where he highlighted his administration’s efforts to replace the nation’s toxic lead pipes.

Wisconsin has around 340,000 lead pipes

According to the Wisconsin Policy Forum, in La Crosse, 14 percent of service lines are made of lead — a total of 2,419 lead lateral lines.

The EPA, yesterday, issued a final rule requiring drinking water systems across the country to identify and replace lead pipes within 10 years.

The president’s 2021 infrastructure law provides $15 billion to do so.

Lead can lower IQ and create behavioral problems in children, and the administration believes the legislation will go a long way in removing some 9.2 million lead pipes carrying water to U.S. homes.