PMI on proposed revisions to Lead and Copper Rule: ‘An Important Step Forward’
Plumbing Manufacturers International (PMI) called the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s long-awaited proposed revisions to the Lead and Copper Rule “an important step forward.” The revisions were announced Oct. 10 by EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler during an event in Green Bay, Wisconsin.
The proposed rule represents the first major overhaul of federal protections for lead in drinking water in two decades. The rule would require community water systems to take new actions regarding lead service line replacement, corrosion control, sampling and testing for lead in schools and daycare centers.