Upgrades to Tampa Plumbing are Coming The race to eliminate the scourge of lead contamination of drinking water and the overflows of sewage and sludge in Tampa and cities across the country will get a serious boost under the new proposed infrastructure plan. The infrastructure bill (in it's current form) has 45 billion dollars for grants to help water utilities replace lead water lines. This level of funding, experts claim, would pay for the replacement of all lead water lines nationwide. Another 56 billion dollars is proposed for water and sewer projects, and 10 billion dollars is propose...