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City begins service‑line inspections to reduce unknowns; McGregor Reserve water complaints persist

Fort Myers City Council · December 8, 2025
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City staff outlined work to identify unknown service-line materials required under EPA rules: a predictive model plus 369 field-investigation sites to validate results; council pressed on process, city-side vs private-side responsibilities and ongoing water-quality issues in McGregor Reserve.

City utilities staff described a two-track approach to comply with EPA lead-and-copper rules: a predictive-model inventory and a contractor-led field verification program to reduce the 9,175 currently 'unknown' service‑line entries in the city’s inventory.

Justin Mahone, environmental compliance manager, said the city’s current published inventory lists 0 confirmed lead lines, 39 galvanized steel lines, 15,220 non-lead service lines and 9,175 unknowns. Because digging every connection is impractical, the city contracted Black & Veatch for predictive…

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