The EPA estimates that nine million homes in the U.S. have lead pipes.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/20665840

President Biden on Tuesday announced $2.6 billion in funding to replace all lead pipes in the United States as part of a new EPA rule that will require lead pipes to be identified and replaced within 10 years using the new funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Act.

  • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
    111·
    5 hours ago

    Edit: and you never answered: where on god’s green Earth is 700 million coming from?

    …

    From the article you didn’t read before you posted…

    I even quoted it in my first comment:

    The city of Milwaukee, where Mr. Biden is making the announcement, has 65,000 lead pipes, which the city says will cost an estimated $700 million to remove.

    But with all the insults and just the sheer difficulty of having to explain things to you in a way you can understand, I’m gonna have to tap out

    I’m truly sorry I can’t help anymore, and I hope you find someone with more patience willing to assist you.

    Quick edit:

    Shit. You’re a mod from that animal abuse troll sub…

    I thought I’d blocked all of you already, now it makes sense why this was so difficult

    • TheTechnician27@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      11·
      4 hours ago

      Yeah, I didn’t initially recognize the $700 million not because I hadn’t read the article but because my brain genuinely couldn’t reach the conclusion quickly enough that you were actually so mind-numbingly inept to take one city, Milwaukee, and say “oh, okay, I guess we can extrapolate that to every city now” (bearing in mind that actual estimates already exist). I guess the US is just several dozen Milwaukees in a trenchcoat.

      And yes, mhm, that vegan troll sub. That’s us I guess. Hi.