Our house,  was built in 1957.  It and many homes here in Anch. predate the EPA, which was created by Pres. Nixon (1970's). 

Most of the pipes in the houses are original, as is the "feed" pipe from the city.  I don't believe people here were ingesting lots of lead here pre-1974 

I think people were aware of issues about lead....and acted accordingly....since lead was reported as a problem as early as the 1770"s....Ben Franklin reported on it because it effected type setters in Colonial America....we knew about lead issues before there was an EPA 

Somehow "free" people here in Alaska survived prior to the EPA.

Just running #'s in my head....it looks like approx. 7 million dollars and 7 EPA jobs here (20% cut)

I don't see the sky falling yet.....maybe tomorrow.