Superior has the state’s only private water utility. It’s making it harder to replace lead pipes.

Flint’s Water Crisis Isn’t Over – New Lead Complaints Emerge in 2025

New complaints from Flint, Michigan, suggest that lead contamination may still be present in aging pipes. Community members say they’re tired of broken promises. A new lawsuit has been filed on behalf of families with children showing developmental delays. The post Flint’s Water Crisis Isn’t Over – New Lead Complaints Emerge in 2025 appeared first on African American News and Issues.

EPA delays $50M for lead pipe replacement

BOSTON — The Trump administration is holding back $50 million to remove underground lead pipes from drinking water systems in Massachusetts as it conducts a review of federal spending, state officials said Tuesday.

Superior has the state’s only private water utility. It’s making it harder to replace lead pipes.

Congress provided billions of dollars to help communities remove lead pipes under the 2021 bipartisan infrastructure law. The funding will help water systems pay for those projects. Almost all of them can apply for forgivable loans. But Superior’s water utility is barred from doing so. The post Superior has the state’s only private water utility. It’s making it harder to replace lead pipes. appeared first on WPR.

Superior has the state’s only private water utility. It’s making it harder to replace lead pipes. - Great Lakes Commission

Due to a Wisconsin state law barring privately owned water systems from receiving loan forgiveness, the Superior Water Light & Power Company can’t access the federal loan forgiveness included in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act that helps financially strapped communities upgrade water systems. Many state lawmakers and city officials want Superior residents to benefit from the federal money, but they’re at odds over how to make that hap…

Removal of lead ions (Pb2+) from water and wastewater: a review on the low-cost adsorbents

The presence of lead compounds in the environment is an issue. In particular, supply water consumption has been reported to be a significant source of huma