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Guest column: Michigan’s new lead rule for drinking water is six years old. How are we doing?
A decade ago, about 100,000 Flint residents were exposed to lead-contaminated drinking water. The Flint water crisis has become a stark reminder of the devastating consequences of negligence and allowing pipe materials that have been banned since 1988 to fester in our water systems.
If this catastrophe had a bright side, it’s that it led to the revision of Michigan's Lead and Copper Rule in 2018, the nation's most protective regulation aimed at reducing lead exposure in drinking water.
Resources to help understand proposed Lead and Copper Rule Improvements
Safe Water Engineering, with University of Michigan Water Center - Graham Sustainability Institute, developed a suite of resources to help local elected officials understand the Michigan Lead and Copper Rule when it was revised in 2018.
Removing Michigan’s Lead Water Service Lines: Economic Savings, Health Benefits, And Improved Health Equity
"Removing Michigan’s Lead Water Service Lines: Economic Savings, Health Benefits, And Improved Health Equity” published in Health Affairs, August 2023
