Wisconsin would receive $43 million of $2.6 billion for drinking water upgrades and lead pipe replacements, White House says

President Joe Biden will return to Milwaukee on Tuesday to discuss his administration's progress in replacing lead pipes in Wisconsin and across the country, according to the White House.

A decade after the Flint, Michigan, water crisis raised alarms about the continuing dangers of lead in tap water, President Joe Biden is

President Joe Biden will visit Milwaukee next week Tuesday, according to a release Friday from the the White House. The president is expected to discuss the Biden-Harris administration's progress in replacing lead pipes. He is also expected to talk about jobs.

MADISON, Wis. (WSAW) - President Joe Biden is set to visit Wisconsin next week, the White House announced on Friday. President Biden will visit Milwaukee on Tuesday, Oct. 8. According to the White House, he is expected to talk about the Biden-Harris Administration’s progress in replacing lead pipes and creating jobs.

The EPA estimates that nine million homes in the U.S. have lead pipes. The city of Milwaukee, where Mr. Biden will make the announcement, has 65,000 lead pipes, which the city say

About a decade after the Flint water crisis, the Biden administration is requiring the removal of most of the nation’s lead-contaminated water pipes within 10 years. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is issuing a final rule that forces water systems to replace water lines containing lead within a decade.