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CBU director outlines lead service-line inventory, assistance changes and water repairs with $19.8M in main-replacement CIP

City of Bloomington (Mayor and Council) · January 28, 2026
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Summary

Catherine Zager told residents the city is inventorying private service-line materials to meet EPA lead-and-copper rule requirements, expanded a $100,000 annual financial-assistance program to reduce barriers (including post-disconnection reapplicants), expects fluoride to be restored by month’s end with a temporary system, and noted a CIP allocating $19,800,000 to water-main replacement.

Catherine Zager, director of Bloomington Utilities (CBU), used the town hall to walk residents through multiple water-system updates, including the lead service-line inventory required by the Environmental Protection Agency’s lead-and-copper rule.

Zager said the city is proactively identifying unknown private service-line materials and asked residents with 'unknown' records to use CBU’s online tool (an interactive aid co-developed with NPR’s…

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