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Anne Arundel Council approves ordinance to inspect and replace private lead service lines; debate over who pays
Summary
The County Council on Jan. 5 approved Bill 94-25 to let the Department of Public Works inventory and replace private lead service lines using an expanded infrastructure maintenance fee, setting an inventory deadline of Nov. 2027 and mandatory replacement starting in 2028 (10% per year). The vote was 4–3 after heated debate over using utility funds to pay private-property replacements.
Anne Arundel County’s Council voted 4–3 on Jan. 5 to pass Bill 94-25, an ordinance that renames and expands the county’s environmental protection fee (now called the infrastructure maintenance fee) to allow the Department of Public Works (DPW) to use the fund for regulatory compliance work including identifying and replacing private lead service lines.
The administration said the change responds to federal requirements under the Environmental Protection Agency’s revised Lead and Copper Rule and related provisions of the Safe Drinking Water Act. Ethan Hunt, representing the administration, told the Council the county must develop an inventory and replacement plan; DPW staff said the inventory is due Nov. 2027 and the program requires replacing 10% of identified lead service…
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