Wisconsin must do more to protect residents from lead in drinking water, DNR and Milwaukee leaders agree<h1>Wisconsin must do more to protect residents from lead in drinking water, DNR and Milwaukee leaders agree</h1> <p class="byline">by Guest Author, Wisconsin Watch <br />September 7, 2016</p> <div class="sidebar2"> <figure><a href="https://wisconsinwatch.org/series/water-watch-wisconsin/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img data-attachment-id="119344" data-permalink="https://wisconsinwatch.org/2015/11/safe-clean-drinking-water-eludes-many-wisconsinites/waterwatch-blue-rgb/" data-orig-file="https://wisconsinwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/WaterWatch-Blue-RGB.png" data-orig-size="629,650" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="WaterWatch-Blue-RGB" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://wisconsinwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/WaterWatch-Blue-RGB-336x347.png" data-large-file="https://wisconsinwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/WaterWatch-Blue-RGB.png" loading="lazy" class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-119344" src="https://wisconsinwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/WaterWatch-Blue-RGB-336x347.png" alt="WaterWatch-Blue-RGB" width="336" height="347"></a></figure> </p> <h5>This Series</h5> <p><a href="https://wisconsinwatch.org/series/faucetfail/">Failure at the Faucet</a> is a series exploring risks to drinking water across Wisconsin. <a href="https://wisconsinwatch.org/2015/11/about-our-failure-at-the-faucet-series/">Read more.</a></p> <h5>Related Story</h5> <p><a href="https://wisconsinwatch.org/2016/09/lead-in-drinking-water-by-the-numbers/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Lead in drinking water: By the numbers</a></p> <p>Having trouble with the quality of your water? class="wp-image-190404" height="513" width="771" /></a><figcaption>Marc Edwards, a Virginia Tech engineering professor who is a national expert on lead in drinking water, collects a sample from a leaking water pipe. Studies show 4.9 percent of Flint children tested have lead poisoning compared to 8.6 percent of Milwaukee children tested." But experts and advocates point out that lead from aging pipes also can make its way into drinking water, providing another avenue of lead exposure."