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Replace Rhode Island's Lead Pipes

Fund full replacement of the lead drinking-water service lines still feeding thousands of Rhode Island homes and schools. There is no safe level of lead for a child, and the state has the plans and federal match ready—it needs to remove the funding cap and finish the job.

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RH H8173Amends current law so that private side lead service replacement costs, financed by the water supplier's customers that may be eligible for reimbursement from the state, would no longer be subject to appropriation by the general assembly.

Introduced · updated 2 months ago

Rhode Island bill H8173 exempts private side lead service replacement costs from state appropriations.

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