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Wanamingo approves $250,000 SRF application to replace up to 10 suspected lead service lines
Summary
The council approved applying to the Minnesota Public Facilities Authority for $250,000 to replace an estimated ten galvanized/lead-associated water service lines; property owners may refuse replacements on private property but the city said it could replace service lines up to the curb stop in the public right-of-way.
The Wanamingo City Council voted 4-0 on March 9 to approve an application to the Minnesota Public Facilities Authority’s Drinking Water State Revolving Fund to replace up to 10 water service lines the city identified as galvanized and likely to have lead 'goosenecks.' Theobald said the city plans to seek $250,000 to finance replacements if the application is approved.
Engineer Brandon Theobald described the replacement process: a hole would be cut at the water main, a new service line bored to the property line, a curb stop installed, and the line extended into the basement with plumbing hook-up and interior repairs included. Theobald said property owners can decline replacement inside private property, but the city would replace the service line up to the curb stop in the public right-of-way if the homeowner refuses; that future private-property replacement costs would fall to the property owner.
City Administrator Michael Boulton said the city completed an identification process and found ten homes with galvanized piping; the city assumes each galvanized service line has an associated lead gooseneck. The council voted to submit the SRF LSLR application after Theobald’s presentation.
If the SRF application is approved, the city intends to proceed with a publicly bid contractor selection and standard construction practices. Council members did not set a final timeline for construction pending loan approval and contractor procurement.
