ST. LOUIS – For years, testing of the tap water in an upscale Detroit suburb showed the city was in the clear. Then residents got a notice seemingly out of the blue: Their water could be contaminated ...

The behind-the-wall framework of a home contains a vital plumbing system that keeps it running efficiently and safely. Within every residential plumbing system you have subsystems that include ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- No amount of lead is safe for a person to ingest, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. There are more lead water pipes in Chicago than anywhere else in the ...

The common use of lead as a material in plumbing dates back to the times of the Romans. Pliant and abundant, lead appeared to be the perfect material for transporting water into homes. That’s why many ...

It didn’t take Marguerite Woods long to find a hole in Baltimore’s plan to enlist city and county residents to test the pipes that bring water into their homes for lead. The city’s directive followed ...

Viktor Doychinov works for the University of Leeds as a Research Fellow. He is funded through the Pipebots project, EPSRC Grant EP/S016813/1. Hidden from sight, under the UK’s roads, buildings and ...