To comply with federal rules, the utility must determine how many of its service lines, which carry water from main lines to customers, are made of lead.
The San Antonio Water System will spend almost $13 million to identify water service lines that are made of lead or at risk of exposure to lead to comply with federal requirements from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency . In October,
mains to customers. About 230,000 of those have been determined to be non-lead materials, according to Kirstin Eller, the utility's potable water quality supervisor The service lines, known as laterals, run from mains to meters; that section of pipe is owned by play blame game over road project delays
said. So far, the utility has identified one lead pipe and 56 galvanized pipes that require replacement. The lead pipe belonged to
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