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Kalamazoo commission adopts $19 million project plan to finish lead service line replacements
Summary
The commission voted to adopt a project plan that will let the city apply for roughly $19 million from the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund to replace lead and galvanized service lines across its service area; officials said the work would cover about 1,900 lines in this tranche and continues a multi-year, neighborhood-by-neighborhood program already 67% complete.
The Kalamazoo City Commission on Monday adopted a project plan authorizing an application for Drinking Water State Revolving Fund financing to accelerate lead and galvanized service line replacements across the utility service area.
James J. Baker, the city director (authorized project representative), told commissioners the $19,000,000 scope would be submitted to Michigan’s DWSRF program and — depending on loan terms and principal forgiveness — could mean a roughly 7% citywide rate increase in 2027. Baker illustrated the project-level impact as about $1.55 per residential equivalent unit per month (about $4.65 per quarter) under a 20-year loan at 3% interest, and said the utility does not bill individual homeowners for the ~$10,000 cost of a single service-line replacement.
Baker said the project plan…
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