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Fort Myers council backs plan to validate service‑line inventory, will sample 369 homes
Summary
The council approved staff to proceed with validating the city's service-line inventory under EPA's Lead and Copper Rule Improvements: field checks at 369 representative sites, predictive modeling to cover ~9,175 unknown lines, and resident notifications via mail and door hangers.
The Fort Myers City Council on Nov. 17 approved staff's plan to validate the city's drinking water service-line inventory under the EPA's Lead and Copper Rule Improvements (LCRI). Utilities staff said the city has identified zero confirmed lead service lines so far, but about 9,175 service lines remain unknown out of roughly 25,000 connections in the city.
Environmental compliance manager Justin Mahone told the council staff has published an interactive inventory (fortmyers.gov/lcrr) and has engaged Black & Veatch for predictive modeling. To…
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