There are 2 article(s) tagged lead abatement:

• February 2024

  • MLGW has 8 months to inventory Memphis’ lead pipes

    About 90 miles of pipes concentrated in the oldest parts of the city are suspected to contain lead — based on preliminary surveys — but MLGW expects to know more by fall.

    By Keely Brewer February 26, 2024

• December 2019

  • City gets $5.6 million federal grant for lead paint abatement program

    The City of Memphis has $5.6 million, most of it in federal funding, to test for and remove lead paint from up to 350 single-family homes and multi-family housing units in the city and county built before 1978.

    By Bill Dries December 03, 2019