Caption

Detroit, Michigan, A new copper pipe is connected to the underground water main as workers replace old lead water service lines. Lead is harmful to health, especially in children. The city of Detroit estimates there are 80, 000 homes in the city with lead service lines and has begun a program to replace them all

Date

Jun 18, 2024

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Jim West

Reference

BRK24I37_482

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No

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Rights managed

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86,1Mb (6,5Mb) / 22,4in x 14,9in / 6720 x 4480 (300dpi)

Keywords

new newly metal metals city cities town urban urban municipal urban environment health employed working worker workers labourer Staff Labourers labourers work labour labor work work working works labour labouring labours labor laboring labors eighty 80 child children kid kids pipe pipes tube tubes drinking water potable water drinking water element elements water waters waterfront North America USA United States US-America United States of America America underground subterranean belowground poisonous toxic American profession professions occupation job role roles horizontal horizontally professional unhealthy connected interconnected old oldest connection connections connexion connexions connecting person persons Human being People human humans individual individuals US-American lead leads connect connecting connects cable cables line two people 2 people two persons replace replacing replaces replaced scheme schemes program programmes substitute substitutes replacement Michigan Detroit Water conduit conduit conduits Water conduits Water pipe Water pipes Manpower Copper pipe Lead pipes Lead service lines chemical element chemical elements Transition metal Post-transition metal