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Cleburne launches 8‑month lead/copper service‑line inventory; staff plans postcards, door hangers and school outreach
Summary
City staff said the federally required Lead and Copper Rule improvements will require on‑site inspection of roughly 10,000 properties over about eight months to identify unknown service‑line materials; Pirello Engineers will assist and the city will notify property owners via multilingual postcards, door hangers and web resources.
City staff presented an eight‑month plan to complete the service‑line inventory required by the EPA’s Lead and Copper Rule Improvements (LCRI) and described a multi‑platform communications campaign to keep residents informed.
Mr. Hutt told council the city submitted an initial inventory showing 10,375 unknown service lines, 3,789 lines identified as non‑lead certifiable, and one galvanized service line requiring replacement. "We do expect this to take about 8 months to complete to get all 10,000 sites located in inventory," he told the council.
The city engaged Pirello Engineers to support the inventory and the next steps toward a service‑line replacement plan. Staff said the inventory will include both the publicly owned side (main to meter) and the privately owned side (meter to structure) and that field inspections often can be completed without shutting off water. For harder cases the work may require minor excavation or coordination to access meters behind fences.
To limit confusion and improve transparency, staff described a communications plan with three phases: pre‑work notification (postcards to about 10,000 properties, in English and Spanish, with QR codes to the project website), on‑site notification (door hangers seven days before site work, labeled vehicles and crew cards with contact information), and post‑work notifications (results and next steps for properties that require replacement). Staff also said the city will coordinate with schools and daycares for required testing and noted it has already proactively tested school sites.
Mr. Hutt emphasized that the city’s drinking water is being tested regularly and meets standards, and that the inventory is a compliance and public‑health protective measure. Staff estimated much of the identification work will occur in public right‑of‑way; the city will only enter private property when required and coordinated.
Council did not take additional action beyond accepting the update; staff said they will continue outreach and return with replacement plans and notifications as required by the regulation.
