TOLEDO, OH – Today, U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) joined city leaders, Teamsters Local 20 and AFSCME Local 2058 members at the City of Toledo Bay View Water Reclamation Facility to discuss investments the bipartisan infrastructure law will make in local water systems.
 
“This law will finally allow Ohio communities to replace their lead pipes. It’s going to mean safer drinking water, and it’s going to reduce pollution in lakes and rivers like the Maumee and Lake Erie,” said Brown. “Replacing these pipes will also create good jobs for pipefitters and Ohio tradespeople – jobs that can’t be shipped overseas. That’s because every project will be done with American materials made by American workers because of Buy America protections we were able to secure in the infrastructure law.”
 
Brown toured the facility and was joined at the event by City of Toledo Bay View Water Reclamation Facility leadership, union leadership and union employees to discuss bipartisan infrastructure plan investments.
 
"This bipartisan infrastructure bill signals substantial progress toward the restoration and protection of Lake Erie. Investing in our natural resources is not only critical to public health, it is a crucial pathway to economic growth," said Toledo Mayor Wade Kapszukiewicz, who was not in attendance but was represented at the event. "This bill delivers meaningful results for working families here in Toledo. Not long ago, Toledo residents woke up to a water crisis that shook our city. It was a crisis that none of us want to live through again. This bill puts important investments in place to upgrade our water infrastructure and ?ensure clean drinking water for all our residents.” 
 
Last year, the Senate passed bipartisan legislation to strengthen drinking water and wastewater infrastructure and replace lead pipes as a part of the infrastructure law. The bipartisan infrastructure law contained key wins for Ohio’s water infrastructure.
 
 

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