Chavaysha Chaney

Nov 3, 2024 | post-gazette.com | David J. Hickton |Chavaysha Chaney

When I make the drive from Penn Hills to my mother’s house in Aliquippa, I am greeted by a long flight of stairs and a daunting task — carrying pallets of bottled water to her kitchen on the second floor. Like many people in my hometown, my mother, my siblings, and my extended family won’t use the water to cook, much less drink. They know the water is delivered through crumbling lead pipes, and is not safe to have in their bodies.

Oct 26, 2023 | post-gazette.com | Chavaysha Chaney

For de­cades in our state, lead ser­vice lines have brought dan­ger­ous, lead-con­tam­i­nated drink­ing wa­ter into our homes, schools, day­cares, and work­places. In my home city of Pitts­burgh, un­safe drink­ing wa­ter from lead ser­vice lines is a con­stant threat in our neigh­bor­hoods. Safe wa­ter is vi­tal for the health and well-be­ing of our chil­dren and fam­i­lies. It is crit­i­cal that our na­tional lead­ers take im­me­di­ate ac­tion to get the lead out of our drink­ing wa­ter.