The updated Lead and Copper rule requires utilities to replace galvanized pipes only if lead has been upstream of it, McElroy said. The updated rules don't have new requirements for copper pipes.

Some residents of the Lehigh Valley recently received potentially startling letters from their water providers — that the pipes that ... Agency to the Lead and Copper Rule, which was established ...

Galvanized water service lines can absorb lead particles. Crews are working to remove approximately 40,000 to 50,000 lead service lines by 2037, replacing them with copper pipes. “We've declared ...

Some private non-lead galvanized pipes may still need replacing, Long said. “If your public side was copper and your private side was galvanized, that would still be considered galvanized ...