She said her pipes are safe because she had her water tested and never had issues during the Flint Water Crisis. In the 5 th Ward, the ward estimated to have the most hazardous lines, only 163 ...

Austin Water said improvements in how it monitors the system and an increase in water line breaks pushed up estimates from ...

In 2024, city-owed pipes seeped and spewed 9.3 billion gallons of treated water – a 31% increase over the previous year, ...

Houston lost 30 billion gallons of fresh water due to leaks last year despite spending 3.5 times more on pipe repairs as the city grapples with increasingly outdated infrastructure and more ...

The 2014 water crisis, in Flint, Mich., drew widespread attention to the dangers of lead pipes. Residents complained of weird-tasting, smelly water . Some said they suffered from hair loss.

In 2022, over 200 million gallons — a staggering 43 percent of the water in the system — was lost to leakage, according to T or C’s city manager, Bruce Swingle.

But prosecutors continue to rack up losses ... the Flint River as a water source. But unlike the previous supply, the water wasn't treated to reduce the impact on old pipes, unleashing lead ...

BERLIN - JANUARY 12: Water flows from a bathroom tap January 12, 2007 in Berlin, Germany. (Photo ... More Illustration by Sean Gallup/Getty Images) Much of the United States is bracing for ...