Lead-Tainted Water Is America’s Worst Infrastructure Failure

Lead-Tainted Water Is America’s Worst Infrastructure Failure

Now that President Joe Biden has signed the $550 billion infrastructure legislation, $15 billion will be spent to remove lead from the nation’s drinking-water systems. Of all the economic and social necessities in the spending package — from roadways and bridges to the power grid and broadband expansion — ensuring access to safe, clean water is perhaps the most fundamental.