This week, the Washington Post covered the release of a Centers for Disease Control report about lead in water and service line replacements from 1998 to 2006. The initial story raised many questions in the minds of DC Water customers, including those whose homes were not affected by the replacement program in question. Many other local media outlets picked up the story as well.
DC Water press release
Drinking water debacle deals a blow to CDC, EPA (Washington Post, 12/04/2010)
CDC: Partial pipe replacement didn’t cut lead risk (BusinessWeek, 12/03/2010)
Lead-Contaminated Water in DC (WTTG-TV, 12/03/2010)
‘No crisis’ in D.C. water (Washington Post, 12/03/2010)
General Manager of DC Water Discusses Recent Report of Lead Contamination (WAMU-FM, 12/02/2010)
Online Chat with General Manager George Hawkins (Washington Post, 12/02/2010)
CDC Reverses D.C. Water-Lead Findings (WRC-TV, 12/02/2010)
Report: D.C. water may have high levels of lead (WTOP-FM, 12/02/2010)
CDC Report: D.C.’s Water May Still Contain Lead (DCist, 12/02/2010)
CDC Report Finds Lead Contamination in D.C. Water (WAMU-FM, 12/02/2010)
Officials try to ease alarm about lead in D.C. water (Washington Post, 12/02/2010)
Lead may be leaching into thousands of District homes (Washington Post, 12/02/2010)
