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Council hears plan to replace lead water service lines, considers aggressive 4-year schedule to save millions
Summary
Safety Service Director Dell told the council that an aggressive four-year replacement plan for lead service lines could save about $20 million compared with a 10-year schedule, while requiring coordination on homeowner-side work and potential changes to sidewalk projects. Council asked staff to return with a finalized plan.
Greenville — Safety Service Director Dell told the Greenville City Council that the city is weighing two schedules to replace lead water service lines: a slower, 10-year approach and an aggressive four-year plan that, Dell said, could save "about $20,000,000" in projected costs because of current funding terms.
Dell said approximately 2,000 of the city's roughly 6,000 water services are lead service lines and that the aggressive plan relies on a…
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