Water company wins state approval to replace customer-owned lead water lines

NWI Times
Sarah Reese

INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana American Water has won state regulatory approval to replace customer-owned lead water lines at the same time as the company removes and replaces lead service lines throughout its Hoosier water systems over the next 10 to 24 years.

The Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission unanimously approved the water company's plan that was first in the state to take advantage of a 2017 law aimed at eliminating potentially dangerous lead pipes from water service.

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