President Joe Biden will travel to Milwaukee on Tuesday to announce the replacement of lead service water lines nationwide within 10 years costing about $2.6 billion.

President Joe Biden's administration on Tuesday finalized a rule mandating the removal of the nation's remaining lead pipes within a decade, a move aimed at preventing millions of people from being exposed to the toxic metal linked with childhood developmental delays.

The “historic” rule aims to eliminate a major source of lead poisoning and comes a decade after a drinking-water crisis in Flint, Mich.

The Environmental Protection Agency rule finalized Tuesday could eliminate a toxic threat to U.S. children and is projected to cost tens of billions of dollars.

Connecticut is set to receive $25 million in federal funding to provide clean water to schools and homes, as part of the Biden administration’s final rule issued Tuesday. The Lead and Copper Rule Improvements (LCRI) requires water systems across the county to find and replace lead pipes within 10 years.

The Biden administration finalized a landmark rule on Tuesday that would require water utilities to replace virtually every lead pipe in the country within 10 years, tackling a major threat that is particularly dangerous to infants and children.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday finalized a rule that will require the removal of all lead pipes from the country's water systems. “We’ve known for decades that lead exposure has serious long-term impacts for children’s health.

The Biden administration on Tuesday finalized revisions to a lead-in-drinking-water rule that requires water systems to replace service lines containing the toxic metal within 10 years. Senior White House officials said on a call with reporters that the revisions are “significantly” more stringent than previous proposals and will provide immediate health improvements for millions.

The White House and the EPA will tap $2.6 billion from President Biden's signature infrastructure law to replace every lead drinking water pipe in the country within a decade as part of a newly unveiled EPA rule.