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Roselle residents urge village help for private lead service-line replacements
Summary
Two Roselle residents told the Village Board that private lead service-line replacements are a public-health and affordability problem; village officials said the municipality will replace public-owned lines but private in-home service lines remain the homeowner's responsibility and a limited need-based relief process and EPA waiver exist.
Two Roselle residents asked the Village Board on Feb. 24 to help households pay to replace private lead service lines, calling the costs a public-health and fairness issue.
David Yocum told the board he and neighbors only recently learned their service lines are lead and that many homeowners have not been contacted about replacement requirements. "I received a notice I had lehi pipe on October fourteenth of this fall," Yocum said, and he said only a fraction of the originally identified homes…
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