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Residents tell council Las Cruces Utilities’ lead‑pipe inventory and testing methods leave gaps, call for independent review
Summary
During public comment at the April 21 Las Cruces City Council meeting residents urged an independent engineering review after raising concerns that the city's inventory and testing approach for the EPA Lead and Copper Rule omit neighborhoods and undercount hazardous service lines.
Residents asked Las Cruces City Council on April 21 to require an independent technical review of Las Cruces Utilities’ approach to complying with the Environmental Protection Agency’s revised Lead and Copper Rule (LCR), saying the utility’s inventory and testing methods omit many service lines and may undercount lead lines.
Lynn Moorerer, who identified herself as a resident and activist, told the council city records show 65 properties with no listed service lines and that more than half of neighborhoods and numerous schools appear missing from the utility’s inventory. “It’s a lot easier to boast no lead pipes when the city is ignoring half the city’s pipes,” she said during the public‑comment period.
Liz Rodriguez Johnson raised…
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