What we see is I think 62%
of lead poisoning cases in

children are from Milwaukee
throughout the whole state.

You know, the state has
roughly 150,000 lead laterals.

It's got another 200 and some
thousand likely, you know,

pipes that we're using lead,
you know, either for sod

or something else.

We know that
there's no safe

level of lead and we have to
put forward the money to get

rid of all of those.

There have been
fits and starts.

I know the that the
city was able to

get a $30 million grant
and target the places

where there's kind of the
most kids and the highest,

you know, lead levels.

That's a good start, but
that can't be the end

of our efforts.

So I'm grateful that
there's some money in the

state budget for now, right?

Evers recommended budget,
but even that's not

enough. We're looking at,
you know, just over 300

million in the governor's
recommended budget.

The actual cost
to get rid of

all those lead laterals
is between two and three

times that.

So we're estimating
somewhere, you

know, between 600 million
and one billion dollars,

we should be starting
there in the budget.

We should be putting
in the effort

to get rid of that lead
in lead laterals once and

for all so we can focus
on these other areas too.