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Illinois American Water to inventory and replace lead service lines; company says replacements at its cost
Summary
Illinois American Water staff told the Peoria City Council that lead detected in recent sampling is coming from service lines or interior plumbing, described how the utility is identifying and prioritizing replacements, and said the company will pay to replace service lines it identifies as lead or galvanized.
Illinois American Water outlined its plan to identify and replace lead service lines in the Peoria service area at a Peoria City Council meeting Tuesday.
The utility’s senior operations manager for the western division, Matt White, said the lead found in recent tests is not coming from the city’s treatment plants but from service lines and interior plumbing. “The lead that you're finding in that we're finding in the sampling is directly related to the service lines or the interior plumbing of those homes,” White said.
White said the utility owns service lines from the water main to the property line and customers own the portion inside the property line, but the company is treating the entire run as the inventory and replacement target under the new federal…
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