Providence tries to solve city’s lead pipe problem

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LITTLE DIG: Richie Nero, left, of Boyle & Fogarty Construction Co., works on removing an old lead residential water supply line outside a home where service was getting upgraded to copper on June 29 in Providence. Health and environmental groups have been fighting for lead-free water to drink in Providence for at least a decade. 
AP PHOTO/CHARLES KRUPA
LITTLE DIG: Richie Nero, left, of Boyle & Fogarty Construction Co., works on removing an old lead residential water supply line outside a home where service was getting upgraded to copper on June 29 in Providence. Health and environmental groups have been fighting for lead-free water to drink in Providence for at least a decade. 
AP PHOTO/CHARLES KRUPA

Prandy Tavarez and his wife were expecting a baby when they bought a four-bedroom house in a well-kept neighborhood of century-old homes in Providence. They got to work making it theirs, ripping off wallpaper, upgrading the electrical and replacing windows coated in paint that contained lead, a potent neurotoxin that can damage brain development in

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  1. I had my lead service line replaced as part of the Providence Water 10 year-0% interest rate loan lead service line replacement program. It is a great program. Providence Water manages the contractor, who can then group locations together to within neighborhood to work efficiently. Providence Water also guaranteed that the work would not exceed a certain amount. I now pay about $40 a month for the next 10 years, but it’s well worth it. I believe the Providence Water program is fantastic and should be a funding model that could also be used for lead paint abatement in single family homes, condos, and apartments. I think landlords would gladly accept subsidized interest rate loans for lead removal and abatement, and that would make our whole community safer, rather than the current approach that keeps the lead in paint in place but requires constant maintenance and cleaning, and increases the cost of housing overall.