Name: Mount Olive must raise millions to replace lead pipes
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Description: The EPA is recommending that communities across the country replace lead pipes, but the cost is a bigger burden for smaller local governments.

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STORIES AND OTHERS AT OUR NEWS AT 5 O'CLOCK. ALL RIGHT, DAN, THANK YOU. THERE ARE MORE THAN NINE-MILLION LEAD WATER PIPES IN THE U.S. ACCORDING TO THE EPA. >> NOW THE AGENCY IS WORKING ON AN AMBITIOUS PLAN TO REPLACE ALL OF THOSE LEAD PIPES. WRAL. SHIRLEY JACKSON REPORTS THIS COULD HIT SMALL TOWNS HARD. >> THE EPA IS PROPOSING TO REPLACE ALL LEAD SERVICE PIPES IN 10 YEARS. SOME BIG CITIES LIKE GREEN BAY, WISCONSIN, IN NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, WERE ABLE TO DO IT IN THAT TIME FRAME. BUT FOR SMALL TOWNS LIKE MOUNT OLIVE, IT'S A HEAVIER LIFT REQUIRING MONEY AND RESOURCES. THEY DON'T HAVE. >> YOU CAN'T SEE SMELL OR TASTE LETTING YOUR DRINKING WATER IF YOU HAVE AN OLDER HOME, IT COULD BE THEIR MANY OF THE WATER PIPES IN MOUNT OLIVE HAVE BEEN IN SERVICE FOR DECADES. THERE'S PIPES AND BEN ANDERSON SAW WELL BEFORE TO USE. NORTH CAROLINA BAND LEAD SERVICE PIPES IN 1987, THE JEREMY KING UTILITIES DIRECTOR FOR THE TOWN OF MOUNT OLIVE SAYS THE TOWN IS COUNTING THE ACTUAL NUMBER OF LEAD PIPES. WE'VE GOT A PRETTY GOOD ESTIMATE ON PROBABLY ABOUT 40% OF THE TIME. AND IT'S NOT JUST PIPES THAT NEED REPLACING GOOSE NEXT AND CONNECTORS AS WELL AS GALVANIZED PIPES DOWNSTREAM FROM LEAD PIPES HAVE TO COME OUT AND PUBLIC UTILITIES ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL OF THE PIPE OF 2 HOUSES. FOUNDATION LEAD IS A NEUROTOXIN AND LEAD PIPES ARE THE GREATEST SOURCE OF LEAD EXPOSURE IN DRINKING WATER. THE EPA PROPOSAL IS DESIGNED TO PREVENT PUBLIC HEALTH CRISES LIKE THE ONE THAT HAPPENED IN FLINT, MICHIGAN. BUT REPLACING LEAD PIPES COMES WITH A HEFTY PRICE TAG. BUT I'M PRETTY SURE HE'S SEEN THE IS PROBABLY UP AND THE 20 TO 30 MILLION DOLLARS. THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS PROVIDING NORTH CAROLINA 47 MILLION DOLLARS TO HELP OUT. >> THE KING SAYS THE TOWN CAN'T APPLY FOR THE MONEY UNTIL THE INVENTORY IS COMPLETE. AND THERE ARE ONLY 2 WORKERS TO DO THAT. TOWN MANAGER JAMIE ROYAL SAYS NOT ALL OF JUST DOESN'T HAVE THE TAX BASE TO PAY FOR THESE IMPROVEMENTS. >> 4545? 4700 ACTUAL RESIDENTS. KING SAYS THIS WILL IMPACT EVERYONE IN THE TOWN. WE'VE BEEN RIGHT DOWN TO WHERE WE'RE HAVING TO RAISE WATER RATES TO BUILD A HAVE DUTY IS SO IT'S GOING TO FAVOR THE COACH MARIO NEVERLAND. >> SHIRLEY JACKSON, WRAL NEWS NOW IS ALEX. >> NOW IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THE WATER IN MOUNT OLIVE IS TESTED REGULARLY. IT'S SAFE

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>> ACROSS AMERICA WITH MEGA JACKPOTS, IT'S MEGA MILLIONS WOODS UP AMERICA. I'M JOHN CROW. IT IS FRIDAY MAY 17TH AND TONIGHT'S MEGA MILLIONS JACKPOT IS AN ESTIMATED A NEW TIES. 393 MILLION DOLLARS. AND WIN THAT JACKPOT. YOU MUST MATCH THESE 5 WHITE. PLUS THAT GOLD MEGA BALL NOW LETS SEE IF I CAN MAKE YOU A MILLIONAIRE TONIGHT. YOUR FIRST WINNING NUMBER TONIGHT IS 8 AND FOLLOWED BY 60. UP NEXT, WE HAVE 70. YOUR NEXT NUMBER IS 17 IN YOUR FINAL WHITE BALL NUMBER FOR THIS FRIDAY EVENING IS 40 NOW FOR THE MEGA BALL NUMBER. THAT IS 3. AGAIN. TONIGHT'S WINNING NUMBERS ARE 8, 60, 70

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