Durham Water Management will host a public information session on Tuesday, Oct. 29, to discuss its efforts to comply with the Environmental Protection Agency’s Lead and Copper Rule revisions.
The EPA revised the Lead and Copper Rule in 2021 to provide better public health protection. The revisions, which went into effect Oct. 16, aim to identify and remove lead service lines, offer increased protection from lead exposure in drinking water at schools and childcare facilities and provide more information about lead in water to the community.
The city submitted initial findings to the state on Oct. 10. No lead service lines were identified in Durham’s water system. More than 54,000 service lines, or about 49.7%, remain classified as “unknown.”
Thirty-seven lines have been classified as “galvanized requiring replacement,” meaning that a portion of the service line is galvanized iron or steel and the line is or was downstream from a lead service line, or is downstream of an unknown service line.
Customers whose water service lines have been classified as “unknown” or “galvanized requiring replacement” will receive a service line notification letter within the next two to three weeks, according to the Durham Water Management.
As previously reported by The 10th Street Journal, the city is offering a $30 water bill credit to customers who can assist in identifying the type of water line they have.
The public information session will be held at 6 p.m. at Water Management’s Mist Lake Facility, located at 1600 Mist Lake Drive. The session will also be available on Zoom. Spanish language interpretation will be available both in person and on Zoom.
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