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TCEQ urges water systems to finish lead service line inventories; baseline and replacement deadlines loom
Summary
TCEQ staff reviewed requirements from the Lead and Copper Rule revisions and improvements, reminded systems that initial inventories were due Oct. 16, 2024, and explained baseline inventory and replacement-planning deadlines under LCRI that take effect by Nov. 1, 2027.
Seth Kramer, the TCEQ lead and copper monitoring team leader, told the GWAG that while the agency is still focused on getting initial lead service line (LSL) inventories into its system, utilities must prepare for the baseline inventory and replacement planning that the Lead and Copper Rule Improvements (LCRI) will require.
"All water systems have to develop this whether you know that you don't have any lead or not, you still have to submit some inventory to us," Kramer said, describing the initial inventory requirement that came due Oct. 16, 2024. He said a baseline inventory with additional…
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