American Sewer Services, whose employees caused a stir late last year after being photographed carrying guns and bringing racist symbols to Milwaukee public-works job sites, is the apparent low bidder for a contract to replace lead water-service lines.

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Milwaukee officials plan on Wednesday to take up a proposal that would have the city replace lead water-service lines on certain publicly owned tax-foreclosed properties.

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A bill designed to help Wisconsin homeowners pay for replacing lead pipes has cleared the state Assembly, but it now must go back to the Senate for another vote after Republicans lowered the benefit available.

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A proposal designed to make it easier to replace lead pipes has cleared a hurdle in the Wisconsin Legislature.

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The Wisconsin state Senate is expected to vote next week on a bill that would allow a public water utility and municipalities to finance property owners' efforts to replace lead pipes.

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Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett wants to replace even more lead water-service lines next year than in 2017.

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Milwaukee leaders say they want to investigate whether houses built between in the decade before the city started requiring service lines to be made of copper are getting drinking water from lead pipes.

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Wisconsin's Lead Service Line Replacement Funding program has officially handed out $13.8 million to 35 communities, Gov. Scott Walker's office announced recently.

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Amid a sometimes tense public hearing, an ad-hoc committee charged with finding ways to combat the dangers of lead poisoning in Milwaukee’s drinking water passed its final series of recommendations on Friday.

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A new report has given Wisconsin a “B” grade for its laws requiring home sellers to inform buyers that a property up for sale has lead service lines.

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