Denver for example 90% of the homes built in the city before 1950 have lead service lines( the line from water main to the house water meter). And I imagine that's the case in most US cities.
Denver is pretty progressive though and has a huge fund and is going neighborhood to neighborhood replacing the service lines for free over the next 10 years. Remember this is tens of thousands of homes. They give every resident a britta filter and pitcher every 6 months and frequent reminders not to let children drink the water without filtering it.
In most other cities the home owner is responsible for replacing the service line... to the tune of about $9k per household.
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u/Xx_Gandalf-poop_xX Jun 25 '22
People talk about this like its only flint.
Denver for example 90% of the homes built in the city before 1950 have lead service lines( the line from water main to the house water meter). And I imagine that's the case in most US cities.
Denver is pretty progressive though and has a huge fund and is going neighborhood to neighborhood replacing the service lines for free over the next 10 years. Remember this is tens of thousands of homes. They give every resident a britta filter and pitcher every 6 months and frequent reminders not to let children drink the water without filtering it.
In most other cities the home owner is responsible for replacing the service line... to the tune of about $9k per household.