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Water Conditioning and Purification Magazine
See the full article online. By Kim Redden, MWS, MPH, Eric Yeggy, MWS and Kelly A. Reynolds, MSPH, PhD There are several water quality issues that are uniquely suited to a POU or POE solution. The Water Quality Association (WQA) discusses these issues at the WQA Annual Convention and over the past decades, the Water Quality Research Foundation (WQRF) has been funding research to further advance our understanding of these issues. This article focuses on one of those issues, namely the ongoing efforts to get lead out of our drinking water. The Recorder
See the full article online. Dozens of lead service lines connecting Amsterdam homes to the city’s water are expected to be replaced over the next few years through tapping state funds. Assemblyman Angelo Santabarbara announced Friday that Amsterdam would receive up to $500,000 through the state’s Lead Replacement Program to replace residential lead service lines. The city will be fully reimbursed for costs associated with replacing the lines, including restoration of public and private property after pipes are installed, according to Santabarbara. He said the city qualified for funding after elevated leads were discovered earlier this year. Amsterdam has identified approximately 60 lead service lines in need of replacement to date, which is estimated to cost $5,000 to $10,000 per line due to varying site conditions and pipe lengths, according to Santabarbara. He said the replacement project is slated to start in the spring and is planned to be completed by the end of 2021. “It is a significant step in the right direction to addressing the elevated lead levels,” Santabarbara said. “Hopefully this round can at least address the lines that they’ve identified so far. It’s going to take a while, but the fact that they’re getting started next year is good news for the city.” Amsterdam Water Treatment Chief Plant Operator Randy Gardinier in an interview Wednesday said nine of the 60 samples collected from city homes in September were discovered to be above the regulatory limit, or maximum contaminant level (MCL), of 15 parts per billion. The percentage of samples exceeding the MCL triggered an action level violation, which requires measures to be taken to address the issue. Chelsea Record
See the full article online here. Lead pipes are often a hidden danger under the streets and sidewalks for a lot of families in Chelsea, but if the City can help it, that danger will be removed one pipe at a time. On Monday, the MWRA and the Clean Water Action Group awarded the City of Chelsea and GreenRoots for their early adoption of a program that removes, at no cost to the homeowner, lead water service lines while in the process of other infrastructure projects. Part of that award included a $100,000 grant to help continue the program and remove more lead water lines as the City encounters them during paving or sidewalk repair programs. City Manager Tom Ambrosino said it is a common sense operation, but one that goes the extra step in replacing the line for free – as it usually is the responsibility of the homeowner to pay for the replacement. Water Online
See the full article online here. DC Water today announced plans to work closely with the District government to implement a new lead service replacement program that offers free and discounted replacements of lead water service pipes on private property for thousands of homes across the city. This program will be implemented once it is funded by the District, which is anticipated in October 2019. The new program, approved by the D.C. Council late Tuesday and headed to Mayor Muriel Bowser for her signature, establishes a city-funded program to encourage the removal of lead service lines located on private property — the small diameter pipes that bring water from the water main into homes. Tucson News Now
See the full article online. It was devastating for Flint, MI - lead in the water nearly seven times greater than the EPA limit in 2015. Years later here at home, Tucson Water has been working to prevent that from happening to customers in their service area. “The safest approach is to eliminate the lead from the distribution system,” Tucson Water’s Fernando Molina said. In 2017 Tucson Water started its “Get the Lead Out” program, aimed at preventing lead exposure by removing lead service lines in the service area. The plan was to remove those service lines by the end of 2018. |
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