CBS 13 • August 23, 2023
The Biden administration has set aside $15 billion from its 2021 infrastructure law to remove more than 9 million lead pipes carrying water to homes across the country. But Maine, along with Washington, Oregon and Alaska are all turning down the funds in the first year they’re being made available. The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention says Maine does not appear to have the lead service line issue that other states across the country are facing, in part because Maine banned the use of lead pipes in 1926.