The contamination in Flint, Michigan, sparked a national dialogue about the harms of lead pipes and the country’s aging water infrastructure.

People in communities served by the Dayton Water Department, including Kettering, have reported cloudy water over the last few days.

Officials said fallout from the crisis led the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in October 2024 to make changes to the process used to detect lead in drinking water samples. The EPA also lowered ...

Whether you live in a flood region, or like to take your vehicle off-road, be careful driving in deep water. Here's what ...

Engineers from the University of Sheffield have developed a robot for inspecting water pipes and diagnosing cracks without ...

The bots are equipped with tiny, high-spec acoustic sensors and cameras, which enable them to navigate and detect faults ...

Micro-robots that can inspect water pipes, diagnose cracks and fix them autonomously—reducing leaks and avoiding expensive ...

Residential plumbing pipes deliver and remove water to and from your house. Kitchen sinks, toilets, laundry machines, lawn sprinklers—if it uses water, a plumbing infrastructure making use of ...

Marking the 10th anniversary of the water crisis in Flint, Mich., President Biden on Tuesday gave water utilities 10 more years to replace virtually every lead pipe in the country, imposing the ...

While the safety of asbestos in water pipes is less clear, growing concern about potential health effects has led many water systems to replace them.

Replacing Flint's lead pipes is double the estimate A new report average cost for replacing service water lines was $7,500. That's almost double the average cost of $4,000 estimated by state last ...

The magnet will let people know their water pipes are iron or copper. Scraping the surface of the pipe to clear away paint or oxidation, will reveal a color that will also help: orange is copper ...