Pittsburgh Public Schools completed effort to tackle threat of lead in drinking water
Their achievement sets gold standard for school districts across the nation
If we want a greener, healthier world we need to protect our rivers, lakes and streams.
Clean water is vital to ecosystems, to our health, and our quality of life. But too many of our rivers, lakes and streams are vulnerable to pollution. This pollution, along with outdated infrastructure – like lead pipes in our schools – puts our health at risk. We need to work together to protect our waters.
Their achievement sets gold standard for school districts across the nation
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Philadelphia’s combined sewer system releases an average of 15 billion gallons of raw sewage and polluted stormwater each year into local rivers and streams
A major chemical company and producer of PFAS “forever chemicals”, 3M agreed to a $10.3 billion settlement with public water utilities last Thursday.
Risks to Philly drinking water show hazards of industrial water pollution
Blueprint outlines priority policies to ensure clean air, clean water, protecting natural places in Allegheny County