Hopkinsville utility: no lead service lines found; 2,000 customers to get notice about galvanized piping

Derek Watson, a representative of Hopkinsville water staff, told the Hopkinsville City Committee of the Whole on Feb. 20 that the utility "did not find any lead service lines in our area." He said the authority visually verified service-line material in meter boxes and other records and submitted an inventory on Oct. 14, 2024 as required by the revised lead and copper rule.

Watson said state regulators (identified in the meeting as the Division of Water) asked for further proof regarding whether any customer-owned galvanized lines might historically have been downstream of lead service lines. He said that left about 5,000 customer-owned galvanized service lines that required additional verification and that the authority planned to mail notices to customers it could not rule out. "Part of the key dates, some of the deadlines we've…