BREAKING: 4 million Americans could be drinking toxic water - and never know it. Read our investigation of a 'tiny Flint' in Texas, and the big problems with small utilities

Having trouble viewing this email? | View it in your browser   Utilities serving a few thousand people or less, like the one in Ranger, Texas, which experts have called a "tiny Flint," don't have to treat water to prevent lead contamination until after lead is found. And even when they skip safety tests or fail to treat water after finding dangerously high levels of lead, federal and state regulators often do not force them to comply with the law. Because the nation's drinking-water enforcement system doesn't make small utilities play by the same safety rules as everyone else, millions of Americans face potential lead contamination, a USA TODAY Network investigation finds. FOR MORE ON THIS STORY, GO TO:   USATODAY.COM       You are currently subscribed to this newsletter with the address: bgshopwithus13.gossippage@blogger.com. To UNSUBSCRIBE please click here.     Manage Subscriptions | Help | Advertise | Home Delivery | Privacy Policy - Your California Privacy Rights     © 2016 USA TODAY, a division of Gannett Satellite Information Network, LLC. 7950 Jones Branch Drive, McLean, VA 22108