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Peru utilities: lead line replacements, water tower repair and mandatory sewage project discussed
Summary
Council liaisons reported ongoing lead service line replacements with 50% participation in right-of-entry forms and a water tower hole reducing capacity to 80%; they also described a mandatory sewage overflow project tied to regulatory deadlines and potential fines if not completed by 2030.
A council liaison reported updates from Peru Utilities on long-term control and infrastructure work, including lead service line replacements and a sewage overflow project that will require pipe installation along Canal Street and 2nd Street.
The utilities representative said only about "50% participation on the right of entry forms" has been received for the lead-line program and urged residents to return forms; staff warned that customers who refuse access may eventually have service shut off. A second utilities speaker said a hole in the Northwest water tower near Gallahan's has reduced usable volume to about 80% and that the tower will be welded and reinspected, with no definitive timeline given.
Council members described the sewage overflow work as part of a mandatory regulatory project overseen by an agency referenced in the meeting; one councilor said the work must be in place by 2030 or the city could face fines, noting "if we don't have this in place, by 2030, then we start getting fined, like, dollars 25,000 a day." Councilors flagged that the upcoming construction will require street closures and will be disruptive to the West End.
