PROVIDENCE WATER is launching a program that to help customers to replace privately owned lead pipes. / COURTESY PROVIDENCE WATER
PROVIDENCE – Providence Water is providing interest-free loans through a quasi-state agency to help homeowners replace lead pipes that connect from the public utility to their homes. The program, dubbed ‘Lead Free is the Way to Be,’ will provide three-year loans that will be repaid through additional charges on the utility bill. The financing, a…