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MLive Read the full article. The city of Kalamazoo is planning a $20 million project to upgrade water mains and replace lead water service lines in part of town, and your bill could go up by $2.40 per month as a result, according to the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy (EGLE). Water mains will be replaced in the northwest part of the city on Arlington Street, Dartmouth Street, Pinehurst Boulevard, Campbell Avenue, Commonwealth Avenue, North Clarendon Street, North Berkley Street, Waverly Street, Wilmette Street, Crown Street, Martin Street and Lulu Street. A 24-inch diameter main will be run along West Crosstown Parkway. Additionally, 1,500 lead service lines will be replaced in the neighborhood south of Mosel Avenue and west of the Kalamazoo River. Construction begins this fall, Public Services Director James Baker said. Pharos-Tribune
Read the full article. Work is set to begin for Logansport Utilities’ water service line replacement project. Five Star Energy Services, an underground utility construction company, will be working with Logansport Utilities’ water department to tackle replacing the aging pipe infrastructure. Replacements will include the public main waterlines up to the point which it connects with a property’s plumbing, sometimes inside a home or business. The primary areas of the project will affect the oldest parts of the city’s water system, with the goal of replacing any potential lead pipes or galvanized piping material that is downstream from lead materials, that would have been installed more than 50 years ago. Marshall Keely
Fox43 Read the full article. The York Water Company is no stranger to updating its infrastructure. The first pipe ever installed in York, simply a log with a hole in it, was put in the ground in 1816. President J.T. Hand said the company has made many changes in the more than 200 years since, including removing a harmful metal from use. "We have been replacing lead service lines since the early 1980s," Hand said. A new EPA report revealed Pennsylvania has almost 700,000 lead service lines in use, which could cause a range of long-term health problems, especially in children. It comes as Pennsylvania received $265 million in federal grants to replace lead pipes. Sunayana Prabhu
The Two River Times Read the full article. The borough’s underground lead pipelines will be replaced over a period of 10 years, Jaclyn Flor, president and CEO of ENGenuity Infrastructure, told the borough council at a meeting last month. After discussions with the borough’s department of public works and finance committees, Flor presented a detailed PowerPoint for the council with identification and replacement procedures of all lead water pipes in the borough. Flor explained that the borough had completed identification of lead water lines as required of all municipalities by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection last July. Tyler Eddy & Shaun Gallagher
TMJ4 Read the full article. Contractors continue to work to replace the more than 60,000 lead service lines across the City of Milwaukee. Now, Milwaukee Water Works has developed a new plan to prioritize replacement in the city’s most disadvantaged areas. The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) says when you have a lead service line, clean water that flows through the line can carry lead from the pipe. This could end up in your drinking water if you don't let the water run for a few minutes first. Drinking lead-contaminated water can cause health risks, especially for young children. Erica Murphy
11 Alive Read the full article. A Cobb County city is planning to spend the next year studying the water pipes at homes across the city as part of a federally-mandated program. Smyrna officials say they've already started checking water lines at thousands of homes within two parts of the city. The process involves going out to homes, digging a basketball-sized hole on either side of the water meter, inspecting the water line and then filling in the hole. CBS Chicago
Read the full article. The village of Skokie has received $2 million in federal funding to replace lead pipes in the suburb. The money is part of U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky's request for community projects funding, and comes from federal funding President Joe Biden signed into law in December. According to Schakowsky's office, the $2 million will go towards replacing hundreds of lead service lines in Skokie, where as many as 11,000 of the 17,667 active water accounts will eventually need to have lead pipes replaced. Mike LaBella
The Eagle-Tribune Read the full article. In a few months, the city will begin notifying residents of a comprehensive survey intended to determine which homes have old lead water pipes that will need to be replaced as a matter of public safety. Once the survey is complete, which is expected to take about a year, the city will then make plans to replace those pipes with either approved plastic or copper piping. DPW Director Robert Ward said Haverhill was recently awarded a $750,000 grant from the Massachusetts Clean Water Trust to create a detailed inventory of every lead water pipe running into homes. Once those homes have been identified, the city hopes to obtain another grant to replace those old pipes, he said. Frederick Melo, Pioneer Press
Yahoo News Read the full article. Over the course of 10 years, St. Paul Regional Water intends to replace every lead pipe servicing private property in St. Paul, free of charge to homeowners. To accomplish that, the utility is growing its workforce by at least 10 percent, including 30 new hires who start Monday. The effort to replace lead service lines extending from home water meters got underway last year with the removal of an initial 350 lines. Another 850 could be replaced this year, following the hiring of 30 new employees and additional trainees. Thomas Schumacher
WSAU Read the full article. Members of the City Council met tonight to talk about a variety of topics, including the upcoming replacement of lead service lines. The budget for the American Rescue Plan Coronavirus State and Local Budget Recovery Fund was approved by resolution, and the allocated $500,000 would be used to replace lead service lines throughout the city. Each property will be eligible for up to $4,000 to replace lead service lines from the curb stop to the water meter. This follows the Wausau Waterworks Commission’s February decision to move forward with the commitment the city made at a US EPA Lead Accelerator program at the White House. |
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