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How Citizens is finding and replacing lead service lines

8/25/2022

 
​Jayden Kennett
Indianapolis Recorder
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Citizens Energy Group has received approval from the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission to implement a multiyear program to replace lead service lines throughout Indianapolis. Now that it has approval, the process to find and replace lead service lines begins.

Citizens has no active lead water mains; however, homes and businesses connected to the water system before the 1950s may have lead pipes that connect the water mains, called lead service lines. The Lead Service Line Replacement Program is designed to replace those pipes for approximately 55,000 to 75,000 homes and businesses. It’s good to be cautious, but there is no need to resort to extreme measures, said Indra Frank, environmental health director for the Hoosier Environmental Council. Drinking water can often pass through pipes without picking up lead, and coupled with regular testing and treatment by Citizens, there’s not a huge need to worry.

Common Council OKs lead service line program

8/16/2022

 
Xiana Fontno
Oswego County News

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OSWEGO — The Oswego Common Council voted Monday to approve a program that would help mitigate high lead levels in the city’s drinking water.

The council approved the resolution presented by City Engineer Jeff Hinderliter, who asked committee members to approve the New York State Lead Service Line Replacement Project, a grant that selects properties around the city. It’s been dubbed the “Environmental Justice” zone.
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The program was created after an amendment made under New York’s Clean Water Infrastructure Act, passed in 2017, a document from the state said. The program provides municipalities with grant money to replace lead drinking water service lines in residential homes. 

Lead abatement work to begin on East Main Street

8/6/2022

 
Marcie Schellhammer
Bradford Era

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Starting Monday, those orange cones that seem to signify Pennsylvania’s summer will be populating East Main Street as the Bradford Water Authority’s lead abatement project begins there.

Executive Director Steve Disney said Mortimer’s Excavating will begin construction near East Avenue and proceed toward the intersection with Kendall Avenue.

“Most of this work is going to be in the street,” Disney said. He acknowledged that with the road work on the U.S. Route 219 Bradford Bypass, travel may be slow-going around the city.

“They are going to be working Monday through Thursdays, 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.,” Disney said of the Mortimer’s crew. They are expecting the project to go until the end of the year.

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South Bend offers water testing for copper, lead

8/5/2022

 
95.3 MNC

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The City of South Bend Department of Public Works is inviting residents to be part of its sampling pool to test for lead and copper in drinking water. The City wants to encourage residents with homes built prior to 1986 to participate. The sampling will only take about five minutes to complete. Testing kits will be dropped off and picked up from the resident’s home.

The City distributes clean, safe drinking water to homes every day that meet all state and federal water quality standards. Water is lead-free when it leaves the City’s treatment plants, but it is possible for it to pick up lead particles from corrosion in service lines or plumbing fixtures as it flows into the home. The City is conducting this outreach to comply with the U.S. Environmental Agency’s (EPA) Safe Drinking Water Act that requires testing lead and copper levels in household drinking water every three years.

Cherokee mulls replacing lead and copper pipes

8/4/2022

 
Tom Cullen
Cherokee Chronicle Times

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Cherokee and Storm Lake are surveying its water systems for lead pipes under a federal mandate that requires cities and homeowners to replace them when discovered. 

The Storm Lake City Council over the last two weeks inked contracts with a surveyor and an engineering firm to find just how many lead lines are in the city’s 3,900 connections and 100 miles of mains. 

“We’re preparing for a major project that we could have to do,” said Storm Lake City Manager Keri Navratil. 

Cherokee City Administrator Eric List said the city’s public works department is investigating the issue. The city has not yet discussed the issue with its engineer, ISG.

Coldwater B.P.U. to get $3 million grant in September to remove lead service lines

8/4/2022

 
Jim Measel
WTVB

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COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – The Coldwater Board of Public Utilities is scheduled to get a Drinking Water State Revolving Fund grant of $3 million in September which will be used to remove lead service lines in the city.

Water Superintendent Brian Musselman told the B.P.U. Board of Directors on Wednesday night all of the lines have to be removed by 2041.

He said an inventory found they had 1,240 lead service lines in the system.

Lead water pipe problems being addressed in Buffalo

8/2/2022

 
Ed Nice
WYRK

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There are parts of Buffalo and Western New York that are pretty old. With most of the area having been largely built out prior to World War II, that means lots of neighborhoods in the 716 have some pretty old infrastructure. Just take a look at some of our roads, bridges, and buildings and you can see that for yourself.

It's no secret that Buffalo has lots of lead water service lines buried underground and those pipes are very old. Those pipes have been causing problems for the residents of Buffalo for years and thanks to some funds from the American Rescue Plan, the local government is going to have some additional resources to do something about that.

Officials estimate that there are over 40,000 lead water lines still feeding homes in Buffalo. An additional $10 million in federal funds have been added to funds the City of Buffalo has already secured to make line replacements. Several hundred lines have already been replaced and work is scheduled to continue throughout the remainder of the year.

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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 >
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