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Lynchburg water staff report 20 years of top water quality, flag infrastructure needs
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City water director Tim Mitchell told council the department won a 20th consecutive award for water quality, completed major testing and capital work, and warned 86 miles of waterline and millions in treatment-plant repairs remain unmet needs.
Tim Mitchell, Lynchburg’s director of water resources, told the City Council at its Jan. 13 work session that the department marked a year of operational accomplishments while laying out pressing infrastructure needs.
Mitchell said the division was recognized by the Virginia Department of Health for the twentieth consecutive year for producing drinking water “three times cleaner than federal and state standards.” He said staff performed more than 130,000 laboratory tests during the year and that the department recently launched a water service line‑inventory program in response to the EPA’s lead‑and‑copper rule; the city sent about 20,000 customer notifications and has received roughly 700–800 authorizations to inspect service lines so far.
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