Flint, Michigan, made headlines in 2015 when tests revealed dangerously high lead levels in its drinking water. The city had switched its water supply to the Flint River a year earlier, and corrosive ...

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SUSAN SHAPIRO REPORTS ON THE SURVEY, VOLUNTEERS WITH AMERICORPS. WE’RE DOING WATER INSPECTIONS ARE GOING DOOR TO DOOR IN LANCASTER TO INSPECT WATER SERVICE LINES COMING INTO HOMES TO SEE IF THEY’RE ...

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Every house has its own sounds. The sump pump cycling after a heavy rain, or the ductwork snapping as it heats up and expands, or that unexplained cracking we hear late at night when we are all alone.

Most of the plumbing pipes in the United States are oversize, wasting water in a time of increasing drought. By Megy Karydes Many high-performing, water-saving fixtures and appliances are designed ...

Plastic pipe demand continues to grow — in large part through infrastructure projects for drinking water and storm and sanitary sewer systems — despite stiff competition, challenges from environmental ...

Your roof would leak like a sieve if you installed the shingles backward. Imagine if the top edge of a lower shingle sat ...

TAKE RIGHT NOW. ARIELLE. WELL, GINA, THE BIG MESSAGE IS TO DO WHAT YOU CAN HIT THAT LOCAL HARDWARE STORE IF YOU NEED TO. THE POINT IS, YOU DO NOT WANT TO BE CAUGHT OFF GUARD WITH AN UNPREPARED HOUSE ...