The ornate iron gate is a stunning example of craftsmanship, blending cold forging and profile pipe construction to create a ...

Water security continues to emerge as a critical concern for both municipalities and industries, as countries across Southern ...

Jeffrey Bell watched as crews dug up and replaced neighbors' lead water pipes, hoping his mother's house would be next.

Hazleton’s water failed tests for a potentially harmful group of chemicals following heavy rains and an abrupt temperature ...

New rules in the federal Safe Drinking Water Act require water utilities to notify every customer it believes has a lead pipe or ones made of galvanized steel, which can contain lead.

The Government will work around the clock to replace a 400-metre-long steel water main by early July, that was believed to be the source of the bitumen sediments found in the fresh water at Queen’s ...

A volunteer group is testing the Shark River to look for sources of bacteria pollution. Armed with info, they hope to restore the river's health.

They were searching for — and, for a time, struggling to find — a section of lead pipe running from the water main to the curb. Before its removal it represented one of an estimated 13,000 ...

The Great Lakes Water Authority is assessing steel pipes in its 800-mile system for "similar circumstances" to the break that flooded southwest Detroit.

Lead was commonly used in drinking water lines in the early 1900s and the practice continued more sporadically until the installation of pipes made of the metal was banned in 1986.

Lead pipes were common at the turn of the century, and finally outlawed only in the late 1980s. They do not always leach massive quantities of the heavy metal into a household water supply.