Meriden utilities report: initial lead tests show no lead, next steps include master pits at schools

Aug 21, 2025

Public Utilities Director Bill Norton said 400 initial test pits returned no lead; the city will move to statistical modeling, pursue master meter pits at school and childcare sites (62 identified, 56 to be tested), and continue flushing, sampling and infrastructure work at treatment facilities.

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Public Utilities Director Bill Norton told the Parks, Public Works & Recreation Committee that the city’s contractor, Arcadis, completed an initial round of about 400 test pits for lead and copper at service connections and found no lead in those samples.

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