As municipalities, water authorities and homeowners are grappling with ridding infrastructure of the health risk that lead water service lines can pose, there are still two major obstacles – logistics and money.
The New York League of Conservation Voters has just released an interactive map outlining the entirety of the state’s water service lines, and whether they’re made of non-lead, lead or possible lead materials. It’s a compilation of data collected by a plethora of government agencies, serving as a one stop shop no matter where you live.
Its revelations are stark, around 3.1 million people in New York receive their drinking water through confirmed or suspected lead pipes. That’s 15% of the state’s population. Buffalo has the highest confirmed percentage for major cities outside of New York City at 45%…