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Kathy Welsh NEWBURGH – The City of Newburgh announces the launch of the City of Newburgh’s Lead Service Line Replacement Program. The City was awarded a grant of up to $544,000 from the NYS Department of Health to identify and replace lead water service lines from the City’s main to homeowners’ water meters. While the City of Newburgh’s drinking water does not contain lead, the corrosion of lead pipes can cause lead to leach into water flowing through the pipes in a home and potentially into drinking water. Read the full article. Sentinel Tribune
The Northwestern Water and Sewer District is moving forward with the first step in its lead service line replacement project. This week, the district began to notify 322 residents who will be impacted by a project to remove all lead service water lines within the district’s water service area. The homeowners and property owners in Northwood and Rossford will soon receive a letter informing them about the project. According the American Water Works Association, the surest way to remove concerns about lead is to remove the entire lead service line. “This first step is to create awareness for those who are impacted, while it is only 1 percent of our 19,000 customers, we understand there will be questions, before during and after the work starts,” said Tom Stalter, district engineer. Read the entire article. US News
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The city of Providence has launched a program offering interest-free loans to homeowners so they can replace old lead water pipes. The $1.2 million program will give homeowners three years to repay the loans with no interest. The average cost of replacing a home's lead pipes is estimated at $3,000. The water system also promises to replace publicly owned lead pipes leading to a home when the homeowner replaces the private pipes. The program was announced Monday by Democratic Mayor Jorge Elorza and the Providence Water Supply Board. The Rhode Island Infrastructure Bank is providing funds for the loans. See the original article. Michigan Live
Malachi Barrett The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality is helping the city of Kalamazoo remove more lead pipes this year. The Kalamazoo City Commission accepted a $1 million grant Monday to remove lead service lines in its water system. The MDEQ pilot grant is meant for communities working to improve their water infrastructure. The city of Kalamazoo has been replacing lead service lines since 1992, but recently took a more aggressive strategy to remove all lead pipes within 20 years. Read the full article. RR Star
Jeff Kolkey ROCKFORD — City Water Superintendent Kyle Saunders next week will propose a no-interest loan program to help residential water customers replace lead service lines. Saunders said that if approved by City Council, the Water Division would tell residents when they have lead pipe service lines between the water main and their home. “Customers will receive a notice of presence that says either during a distribution activity or capital investment, it was identified they have a lead service line,” Saunders said. “They would receive lot of information and would have three choices: One, replace at their own cost; Two, move forward with city financing at no interest; or three, do nothing. When residents choose to replace lead service lines, the city will replace the line from the main to the property line. Saunders estimates that replacing the lines on private property would cost about $2,000. Read the full article. Richmond Times-Dispatch
Tammie Smith Richmond residents have less than three more weeks to apply for grants of up to $2,500 to replace lead water service lines running from their homes to the city main water lines. An initial deadline of April 6 has been extended to May 11 to give homeowners more time to apply and line up contractors to do the work. The water line replacement work has to be completed by June 30. “The whole goal of the program is to get the lead out,” said Steve Pellei, division director of financial and construction assistance programs at the Virginia Department of Health’s Office of Drinking Water. Watertown Daily Times
Craig Fox WATERTOWN — The city is ready to roll out a program funded through a $607,629 state grant to replace corroded lead piping on about 150 homes. Watertown Superintendent Vicky Murphy said Monday night that approximately 49,000 Watertown homes built before 1931 most likely have water lines contaminated by lead. Drinking water can be a source of lead exposure when service pipes are corroded with lead. Children and pregnant women are most vulnerable to its impacts. The effects of lead are irreversible. Read the full article. The Buffalo News
Thomas J. Prohaska As many as 300 lead water lines in Niagara Falls will be replaced over the next two years, with $570,000 in state funding announced Wednesday. Starting with its current list of leaking pipes, Niagara Falls Water Board crews will excavate and repair each pipe, then cut out the lead and replace it with copper. The city Engineering Department will inspect and track all replacements. "Thanks to unprecedented support from Gov. (Andrew M.) Cuomo and our partners in state government, we can continue the necessary task of modernizing our aging infrastructure through the elimination of lead pipe water lines," Mayor Paul A. Dyster said. Read the full article. Buffalo NPR
Mike Desmond The Niagara Falls Water Board will be replacing more lead pipe water lines this year than planned. Albany threw in $575,000 to allow more of the potentially dangerous lines to be removed and replaced with safer piping. At one time, lead pipe in water systems was pretty routine. While the risks of lead pipe have been known for millennia, it is easy to work with - and if handled carefully, it is considered a lesser risk than lead paint in homes, which can chip and create poisonous dust. Read the full article. CBS 6
RICHMOND, Va. – The City of Richmond is offering to reimburse homeowners up to $2,500 to replace lead pipes in their home. If you own a home in Richmond that was built before 1986, you may have lead pipes. That could lead to small amounts of lead being deposited into the water line. Now if you want to replace those pipes, the city wants to help you pay for it. Thanks to the Residential Lead Service Line (LSL) Replacement Grant Program, the Department of Public Utilities will pay up to $2,500, if residents hire a plumber to replace lead lines running from the water meter to their home. Read the full article. |
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