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Kennedale reports service-line inventory nearly complete; 8.5% remain unverified
Summary
A Friese & Nichols consultant told Kennedale council the city has identified roughly 3,100 non-lead service lines and about 293 service lines remain unverified (≈8.5%); staff said they submitted the inventory to the state and will sample schools and childcare facilities per the Lead and Copper Rule revisions, while noting replacement and funding obligations under the rule.
Friese & Nichols consultant Tanuk Kulkarni briefed the Kennedale City Council on the federal Lead and Copper Rule revisions at the Nov. 19 meeting, outlining the city's service-line inventory and sampling plan.
Kulkarni said the new rule focuses on service-line material as well as premise plumbing and requires inventories to be submitted to state regulators. The city has verified roughly 3,100 service lines as non-lead, with about 293 unverified entries—about 8.5 percent of the total—that still need confirmation. Kulkarni said the city has no record of lead service lines or galvanized service lines requiring replacement to date.
He described compliance dates: an inventory submission deadline in October 2024 (completed) and a later federal rule with an effective compliance date in October 2027 that requires cities to 'find it and fix it'—meaning identified lead or galvanized requiring replacement service lines would be replaced, with the city replacing the public portion and coordinating with property owners on the private portion. Staff noted schools and licensed childcare facilities will be sampled according to the schedule in the rule and that the city has published an interactive web map where residents may check service-line material for their address.
Staff acknowledged the city will need to pursue grants or other funding sources if replacement obligations are triggered and encouraged residents to cooperate with sampling and to volunteer properties if they wish to be included in monitoring.
