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Failure at the Faucet

Wisconsin misses chances to cut risk of lead exposure in drinking water

By Cara Lombardo | January 15, 2017

Funding for childhood lead poisoning prevention is down in Wisconsin, and proposals to better protect children from lead in drinking water have stalled in the Legislature.

Failure at the Faucet

Milwaukee takes action to reduce lead in water; critics say it is not enough

By Cara Lombardo | January 15, 2017

The city of Milwaukee, with more than 70,000 lead service lines, has taken several steps in the past year to lower residents’ exposure to lead in drinking water, but activists say the city has not done enough.

Failure at the Faucet

‘Regulatory vacuum’ exposes Wisconsin children to lead in drinking water at schools, day care centers

By Cara Lombardo | December 18, 2016

Gaps in federal drinking water standards enforced by the state leave numerous school and day care sites untested for lead in drinking water; numerous lead service lines remain.

Failure at the Faucet

Wisconsin schools, day care centers slated for lead service line removal under new DNR program

By Cara Lombardo | December 18, 2016

Eighteen communities in Wisconsin, including Milwaukee, plan to replace lead lines leading to schools and day care centers. View the areas of the state where the work is planned.

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Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism stands by story on lead testing protocols after DNR request for corrections

By Cara Lombardo | December 12, 2016

Nine months after the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency warned against flushing water systems before testing for lead, the state DNR had not passed that advice on to public water systems in Wisconsin. Our story examined that delay.

Failure at the Faucet

Wisconsin DNR fails to update lead testing guidance in wake of Flint crisis

By Cara Lombardo | December 2, 2016

Nine months after the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency warned against flushing water systems before testing for lead, the state Department of Natural Resources has not yet passed that advice on to public water systems in Wisconsin.

Drinking Water

Lead in drinking water: By the numbers

By Wisconsin Watch | September 7, 2016

A look at some of the facts and figures behind lead in our drinking water

Failure at the Faucet

Wisconsin must do more to protect residents from lead in drinking water, DNR and Milwaukee leaders agree

By Guest Author | September 7, 2016

Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett acknowledges adding anti-corrosive chemicals, the main strategy to prevent lead in drinking water, is a “Band-Aid” approach.

Failure at the Faucet

Wisconsin launches effort to replace aging lead pipes to safeguard water

By | April 27, 2016

The state Department of Natural Resources announced Wednesday it will target low-income areas with $11.8 million in new grants to replace aging pipes made of lead that supply water to homes.

Failure at the Faucet

Water tainted with lead, copper at two Wisconsin state prisons

By | April 10, 2016

The water at Fox Lake and Waupun Correctional Institutions is tainted with lead and copper. Officials say they are complying with federal standards, but some inmates and staff question whether it is safe.

Failure at the Faucet

Lead poisoning would trigger tap water test under proposal

By | February 8, 2016

Two Democratic lawmakers want the state Department of Health Services to investigate drinking water as a possible source when children are lead poisoned. The proposal also greatly lowers the blood lead levels that would trigger an investigation.

Failure at the Faucet

First in the nation: City of Madison replaced all lead pipes

By Silke Schmidt | February 1, 2016

The Madison Water Utility was the first major utility in the nation to demonstrate that a full replacement of both the public and the private portions of lead service lines was possible.

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