Letting your faucet run a bit before drinking is a good way to reduce lead. (Photo by Nithin PA from Pexels)

Veolia asks customers for help in finding lead service lines

Ken MammarellaBusiness, Headlines

Veolia, which provides water to more than 100,000 residents in northern New Castle County, this month started a campaign to locate lead service lines. The campaign asks customers to volunteer five to 10 minutes of their time to fill out a survey and take and attach a photo of their service line near the meter. The service line is the …

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Residents can comment on pollution permit for Delaware City refinery

Staff WriterGovernment, Headlines

  Residents have until July 31 to comment on a proposed air pollution permit renewal for the Delaware City Refining Co. The Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control will submit the proposed federal Clean Air Act Title V major source air pollution permit renewal to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for that review before DNREC Secretary Shawn Garvin …