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Watervliet accepts $515,000 DWSRF award and authorizes consultant help for lead-service-line inventory
Summary
Council accepted a $515,000 award from the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF) to create an ongoing lead-service-line inventory and authorized an agreement with consultant Westwood and Sampson to help develop criteria and submit required documentation to the county and state.
The Watervliet City Council designated a SEQR (Type II) action, accepted a grant award from a drinking-water revolving fund and authorized work with outside consultants to develop a lead-service-line inventory.
Staff described a $515,000 award under the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF) project (project number stated in the meeting) to support an ongoing inventory of service lines. The city emphasized the award is for inventory and data collection only and does not pay for repairs; the inventory will document curb-box and household-side information to identify where lead service lines are present.
Separately, the council introduced and approved a resolution to enter an agreement with consultants (spoken in the transcript as Westwood and Sampson or similar names) to develop the criteria and prepare the required submissions to Albany County and the state as part of the lead-line inventory program. Staff said the consultant scope would help the city meet state submittal requirements and provide the technical documentation the program requires.
Council members asked about the number of households affected; staff said they have found roughly 1,600 properties so far and that results vary by neighborhood as expected in older urban cores. Staff noted the inventory is ongoing and will be updated as new information is collected.
The council approved the actions described and authorized the mayor to execute related documents as required.
