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City manager: 52 lead-service-line tests completed; 14 exceeded state limit, 12 already replaced
Summary
City Manager Gibbons told the council that Garden City tested 52 homes with known lead service lines; 14 exceeded the state’s new threshold, and staff have completed replacement on 12 of those 14. The city is pursuing state grant funding through EGLE and reports about 280 known lead service lines out of 12,000 total service connections.
Garden City — City Manager Gibbons reported at the Aug. 4 council meeting that water-system testing required by the state found elevated lead results at 14 of 52 tested homes with known lead service lines; crews have already replaced 12 of the 14 lines.
Gibbons said state rules require municipalities to test at actual residences with lead service lines and to notify the community when the results exceed the revised, lower state threshold. "We tested 52 homes, all of whom have lead service lines," Gibbons said. "Fourteen of them exceeded the state's new much…
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