No one should be drinking water from a lead service line, but up to 10 or even 12 million lead service lines are still delivering water to homes every day.

libby cole 10/3/20 libby cole 10/3/20

How Can I Find Out if I Have a Lead Service Line?

Lead service lines are the largest source of lead in drinking water. What’s the most reliable way to find out whether you have a lead service line delivering water to your home? Sometimes you can get all the answers in your own basement or crawl space, and sometimes the conclusive answer is more challenging to find.

libby cole 1/25/20 libby cole 1/25/20

Can Robots Find Our Lead Service Lines? Durfee Elementary School Students Think They Can!

These kids asked me to teach them about lead in water, then they came up with this innovative concept for speeding up lead service line replacement programs. If we can use their lead pipe detecting worm-bot to find all the lead pipes, we can save a lot of money and provide safer drinking water.

libby cole 6/26/19 libby cole 6/26/19

Questions about the Revised Michigan Lead and Copper Rule? We've got answers

Questions about Michigan’s new Lead and Copper Rule? Fear not. UM project partners have created a FAQ page for some of the most important questions that consumers, public officials, and water utilities have.