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Officials warn Ohio still has hundreds of thousands of lead service lines; infrastructure funding seen as critical
Summary
Representative Dontavious Jarrells and other panelists highlighted the scale of lead service lines in Ohio — cited at 745,000 — and described the consequences for children’s health, water affordability and the need for targeted replacement programs and funding.
Panelists at a Columbus Metropolitan Club forum raised lead service-line replacement and aging sewer systems as a public-health and equity issue that depends on continued funding.
"We have 745,000 lead service lines that are still active in Ohio," Representative Dontavious Jarrells said, adding that the state ranks among the…
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