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Columbus previews lead service-line replacement plan for Grandview Heights, says drinking water currently below action levels
Summary
A Columbus presenter told Grandview Heights council on Feb. 9 that recent compliance samples were below 1.3 ppb and that federal rules require replacement of all lead service lines by 2037; Columbus detailed inventory work, funding sources, and homeowner-assistance options including LEAP and insurance.
Emily Eskridge, the presenter for Columbus’ service-line replacement effort, told the Grandview Heights City Council on Feb. 9 that recent system compliance samples were “below 1.3 parts per billion” and that the system is “well under the action level of 15 parts per billion.” She said Columbus uses corrosion-control (zinc orthophosphate) and nearly never sees detectable lead in the distribution system.
Eskridge said a federal and state regulatory timeline requires all lead service lines to be replaced by 2037. Columbus submitted an initial inventory in October 2024 and expects a baseline inventory by the end of the next year; that inventory effort will cover Grandview Heights as part of Columbus’ contract service area.
She described the program’s…
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