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Revere to excavate 350–400 test pits, must remove 82 lead service lines under federal rule changes
Summary
Assistant Superintendent Anthony Galizia told the Revere Board of Health the city will perform roughly 350–400 excavations in coming weeks to identify service-line materials; the city must remove 82 known lead services this year to comply with changes to the Lead and Copper Rule.
Anthony Galizia, Revere’s assistant superintendent of water and sewer, told the Revere Board of Health in April 2025 that the city restarted test pitting to identify unknown lead service lines and plans roughly 350 to 400 excavations over the next six to eight weeks.
Galizia said Revere must remove 82 known lead service lines this year to comply with changes to the Lead and Copper Rule and the Lead and Copper Rule Improvements. “We’re scheduled to perform approximately 350 to 400 excavations over the next 6 to 8 weeks to verify those materials,” Galizia said.
The presentation summarized work already completed and how it affects this year’s workload. Galizia reported the city removed 77 lead lines last summer and reduced its count of unknown service-line materials from about 1,900 to roughly 550. As unknowns decrease, the number of lines requiring removal will fall, he said.
Galizia described the test pits as a field-verification effort to confirm old records that are often incomplete or unclear. He said the city plans a separate project later this summer to remove confirmed lead lines.
City officials said replacements are at no cost to homeowners. Galizia said residents whose service lines are found to contain lead will be notified, offered pitcher filters to reduce lead in drinking water, and can have water tested by an outside lab. He identified the Northeast Laboratory in Danvers as an option for residents who want independent testing.
The city has also placed an interactive inventory map on its water and sewer web page so residents can enter an address and see the current status of their service line; Galizia said that map updates in real time as crews verify materials.
Board members asked whether residents had previously received notice about lead lines; Galizia said letters were sent after two locations tested high in earlier sampling and that the current inventory effort responds to new state and federal reporting requirements under the Lead and Copper Rule changes.
For residents: the city said filters are available at the Department of Public Works and that replacement work is performed by city crews or contractors at no cost to homeowners.
Ending: The board did not take formal action on the presentation. Staff said they will continue to update the board and the public as test-pitting and replacement work proceeds.
