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Shelby officials outline lead service‑line inventory, customer notification deadlines
Summary
City staff told Shelby City Council the water service‑line inventory was submitted to state and federal regulators and described notification and replacement deadlines for lines identified as lead, galvanized or unknown.
Shelby City Council heard an update on the city’s water service‑line inventory and upcoming customer‑notification deadlines during its regular meeting.
City utilities staff said the inventory was submitted on Oct. 15 to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Ohio EPA and described a compliance schedule that requires customer notification and a formal replacement plan. “Until all unknown service lines are identified, the city is mandated to treat the service line as a lead line,” a utilities department staff member told council.
The utilities official said any service line identified as lead, galvanized or unknown must have a written notice mailed to the water customer by Nov. 15. The city also must provide example notification letters to Ohio EPA, with separate versions for known lead, known non‑lead and unknown materials. The official reported that, as of the submission, the city had identified roughly 613 service lines as lead or galvanized and about 378 as unknown; those counts were presented to council as the current totals.
Councilman McLaughlin and other members asked procedural questions about how residents will be contacted and about scheduling for material verification. The utilities staff said residents who receive an “unknown” notice may either report the material if they know it or schedule a visit by a utilities technician for inspection.
The utilities staff also said the city must submit a service‑line replacement plan and proposed a replacement schedule beginning in 2027. Email notices will be used in addition to mailed letters for customers with confirmed lead lines until replacement is completed.
City staff framed the inventory and outreach as compliance actions driven by state and federal requirements rather than new local policy; they did not propose immediate local funding changes at the meeting.
Council members did not take formal action on the inventory update during the meeting. Staff said they will continue outreach and follow the reporting and replacement timeline required by regulators.
