State aid needed for lead pipe fixes

On behalf of Long Island’s water providers: We agree there should not be any presence of lead in our drinking water [“NY must push to replace lead pipes,” Editorial, Oct. 1]. It is not in our source product and not a product of our water mains. The source, if present, is the service line to the house or the internal plumbing.

As water suppliers, we already take numerous steps to mitigate the leaching of lead from these home-specific sources from making it into the water coming out of the tap. Legislation seeks to place the burden of identifying and removing these house-specific sources on water suppliers. If proposed legislation changes requirements for replacement of home lead service lines, local providers won’t have the current financial capacity t

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