Does lead in drinking water pose a health risk?
Lead is a common metal found in the environment in air, soil, household dust, food, certain types of pottery and water. Lead can pose a significant risk to your health if too much enters your body. The greatest risk is to young children and pregnant women. Lead exposure is a world-wide health problem. If you have, or suspect you have a lead water service, alternate sources of drinking water should be considered for young children and pregnant women. What is the City doing? The City has programs to help reduce lead levels in our drinking water. The watermain replacement program ensures the piped water infrastructure is renewed. When watermains are replaced, the service connections are also replaced to the property line. The homeowner has the option to make arrangements with the City or a contractor, at that time, to replace the service from the property line into the house at their own expense. The City also has a cleaning and rehabilitation program to line older watermains with a prote
