City of Atlanta assures water lines are lead-free after letter concerns residents

The City of Atlanta is reassuring property owners after a letter about lead in their water lines raised concerns A comment from the City of Atlanta Department of Watershed Management DWM announced the letters were an Environmental Protection Agency EPA requirement and facility lines are lead-free DWM not long ago sent letters to property owners informing them that the material of the water provision line to their properties had yet to be determined classifying them as Lead Status Unknown While these letters noted all or a portion of the utility line may be made of lead and detailed how to reduce lead exposure in drinking water the Dec press release reported these letters were just a regulatory requirement for a multitude of utilities DWM has collected hundreds of samples to maintain compliance and has not identified a single lead provision line the release explained However until the sample size and certification technique meet EPA s requirement to verify that the City does not have lead arrangement lines DWM must notify customers The department is continuing organization line identification and replacement and if any line is revealed to contain lead they will alert the customer with a separate notice with information about replacement and financing opportunities These notifications come as part of an EPA mandate requiring all US water systems to identify and replace lead pipes by October The EPA informed last month that billion in new funding would be provided to states to reduce exposure to lead in drinking water Customers are encouraged to aid in the verification of customer-owned portions of the line by visiting epa gov protectyourtap for instructions on identifying institution line material Related stories Large water main break closes Decatur schools selected DeKalb County students relocated Atlanta Board of Teaching approves consolidation plan The post City of Atlanta assures water lines are lead-free after letter concerns residents appeared first on Rough Draft Atlanta