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Thousands of North Jersey homes on tap for lead pipe replacement program: What to know

7/22/2022

 
Joe Malinconico
North Jersey
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PATERSON — In an effort to prevent lead poisoning, about 6,500 homes in Paterson, Passaic, Clifton and Prospect Park will be getting new water service pipes, officials announced on Thursday.

Under a $36 million program, the Passaic Valley Water Commission in September will begin replacing lead pipes that connect houses with water mains — at no cost to homeowners.

Jim Mueller, the commission’s executive director, said his organization previously identified 6,500 homes with lead-contaminated pipes in those communities, with about half of them in Paterson. During the summer, the commission’s contractor will
start inspecting the water service lines in another 11,000 homes to check for lead pipes, he added.

Work continues in Watervliet to replace lead water lines

7/19/2022

 
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The Record

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Work has begun to replace more lead service lines and laterals to homes in Watervliet.

Mayor Charles Patricelli announced last week that the city has awarded a contract to Greenwood Contracting to replace 16 lead service lines and laterals to homes in Watervliet.

The contract awarded is part of a New York State Department of Health Land Service Lead Line Replacement Program (LSLRP). This is Phase II of the program to replace lead lines that are part of the city’s infrastructure and were the type of lines traditionally used when older homes were built in the City of Watervliet as well as many parts of the country. In 2020, the city completed phase I, which included replacing over a dozen waterlines that had lead on 9th ave., prior to repaving the road from 19th St to 16th St.

Lead water line project to start in the city

7/14/2022

 
Melanie Wilkinson
York News-Times

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YORK – A project will soon start in which old lead water service lines leading to houses in York will be replaced.

This is a requirement of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), explained York Public Works Director James Paul, “in order to get all of the lead service lines out of our system and have them replaced with copper.”

The city already budgeted $300,000 for the project and Paul said he recently estimated it would likely cost about $275,000.

A bid from Pieper’s Inc. came in at $269,535 and it was accepted by the city council this past week.

Lead pipes in Silvis will soon be a thing of the past

7/13/2022

 
Jenna Webster
WQAD 8 ABC
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Silvis is beginning some of the first steps to remove all its lead water pipes.

The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency is mandating that all cities in the state replace the lead service pipes. Those are the pipes running from the water main in the middle of the street to each individual house.

Congress banned lead service line use in 1986 after lead was found to be leaking into the water and causing illness. However, most of the lines installed before then have never been replaced. In Illinois, more than 667,000 lead water pipes are estimated to still be in use.

Galesburg lead pipe replacement project nears completion

7/13/2022

 
Danny Whiskeyman
TV 6 KWQC

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In 2016, the city of Galesburg began phase one of a lead pipe replacement project. Now, the end of this project is in sight.

Nearly 3,000 pipes have been replaced so far since the program started in 2016. Over the course of the next year, the final 500 pipes are slated to be replaced.
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Back in 2015, the city of Galesburg found that many of their pipes were “above the action level for lead” while doing their annual lead testing. The city also was under intense scrutiny from the EPA for childhood lead poisoning. The city then put forth a plan to fix this problem.

Genoa seeks resident participation as city compiles inventory of lead water service lines

7/12/2022

 
Camden Lazenby
Shaw Local

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The city of Genoa is creating an inventory of residential water service lines in an effort to identify how many are lined with lead and need to be replaced.

Alyssa Seguss, Genoa city administrator said the city is still in the inventory stage, working to determine how many and where the lead service lines are throughout Genoa.

Residents should be on alert for a potential visit from the Genoa Public Works Department, who’s staff is going door to door to examine lines servicing area homes.

According to a Tuesday Facebook post by the city of Genoa, Public Works employees will have ID badges, drive a city vehicle and wear a city of Genoa Public Works uniform. The social media post also stated that residents can call to verify the person knocking.

Is there lead in your water? City workers are checking residential water lines

7/1/2022

 
Boris Ladwig
The Herald-Times

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Water utility workers plan to dig holes in yards all across Bloomington to determine whether any water lines to households contain lead, which is especially harmful to children.

The work, which Bloomington City Utilities hopes to complete in about 18 months, is required by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and ultimately will serve as a basis for a lead line replacement plan.
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Local utility officials said the mere presence of lead pipes does not mean residents need to worry, but they emphasized the EPA says available science shows “there is no safe level of exposure to lead.”

Get the Lead Out: Replacing 3,000 lead water service Lines in Toledo

7/1/2022

 
Amanda Destatte
Toledo City Paper

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The City of Toledo’s Department of Public Utilities lead service line replacement program has a goal to replace every residential service line that contains lead in the City of Toledo. Based on the receipt of ten million dollars from the American Recovery Plan in ARPA funds, achieving the goal is finally possible.

“We estimated that there are about 3,000 private land service lines, and our goal is to replace all of them with the ten-million-dollar plan,” said Ed Moore, Toledo’s Director of Public Utilities. The ARPA funds must be expended by 2026, so the goal is to have lead service lines replaced by then.


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  • Home
  • Roadmap
    • Getting Started
    • Legal Factors
    • Funding
    • Plan Development
  • Replacement
    • Approaches to Replacement
    • Preparing an Inventory
    • Understanding Replacement Techniques
    • Communicating About LSLs
    • Coordinating Replacement
  • Equity
    • Guide to Equity Analysis
    • Coordination and Partnership
    • Defining Disadvantaged Communities
    • Equity Tools and Data Sources
  • Policies
    • Community Access to Funding
    • Helping Consumers
    • Requiring LSL Replacement
    • Engaging other Programs
    • Risk Communication Improvement
  • EPA's LCR
    • Key Terms
    • Key Requirements and Opportunities
  • Resources
    • Intro to LSL Replacement
    • LSL Replacement in the News
    • Child Care and Schools
    • Role of Public Health Professionals
    • Webinars >
      • Upcoming Webinars and Events
    • Case Examples
    • Filling Data Gaps
    • Recursos en Español
    • Downloadable Resources
    • Matchmaking Survey
  • About Us
    • FAQs
    • Feedback