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Jacksonville Beach to inventory water service lines under revised EPA lead and copper rule
Summary
City staff will inspect service lines at and behind water meters to identify lead or unknown materials and will notify customers with lead or unknown lines by mail; residents may see crews digging near meters.
Robert Delgado, deputy superintendent for water and wastewater for the city of Jacksonville Beach, said the city is completing a service line inventory to identify the pipe material on both the city and customer sides of the water meter in response to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency—s revised Lead and Copper Rule.
The inventory will determine whether service lines are made of lead, copper, or an unknown material, Delgado said. "Customers may see city personnel digging around their water meter box to determine the material," he said. He added that customers with lead or unknown lines will be mailed a letter updating them on their status and that a customer questionnaire is available on the city website for residents to report or update their line material.
The effort implements requirements in the EPA rule revision that ask utilities to inventory service lines and to adjust sampling procedures and action levels for lead and copper, Delgado said. He provided a contact email for questions: utilities.administration@jaxbchfl.net and a phone number, given in the update as 9044247615313.
This announcement came during the city—s Take 2 Tuesdays communications program for Nov. 12, where city staff also listed upcoming public meetings. Delgado noted the city will publish further instructions on its website and said the inventory is ongoing; he did not specify a completion date or whether the inventory will lead to replacement programs, funding sources, or timelines for remediation.
No formal council action or vote on the inventory was recorded in the program update. The item is informational: staff described an operational step the utility is taking to comply with federal requirements and to notify customers. City communications also listed upcoming public meetings on Nov. 18 (CRA meeting and city council), Nov. 19 (board of adjustment and a CRA public art advisory committee meeting) and Nov. 25 (a public commission meeting).
