Lansing Board of Water and Light: Last Water Line with Lead to Be Removed
12/13/2016
LANSING, Mich. (AP) – The Lansing Board of Water and Light is celebrating the replacement of its last lead water line.
The BWL says it has removed more than 12,150 active lead service lines since 2004 at a cost of $44.5 million. The last replacement will occur Wednesday.
Flint’s water crisis has put a spotlight on old water lines. Water from the Flint River wasn’t treated to reduce corrosiveness. As a result, lead was released from old pipes.
Lansing has 55,000 residential and commercial customers. It says it still will continue to treat water to prevent lead from leaching from old plumbing.
Flint hopes to replace 1,000 water lines by the end of December, with thousands more on the list.
Related News
From Archive
Sign up to Receive Our Newsletter
- 290-mile gas pipeline expansion proposed across Georgia, Alabama and South Carolina
- $227 million Garnet Valley water project advances, set to create 73,000 jobs in Nevada
- Construction underway for $1.4 billion, 60-mile water pipeline in Chicago
- HDD industry faces challenges as cities push back on fiber drilling disruptions
- Worker dies after trench collapse at sewer project site in Norwich, Conn.
- Gehl and Mustang offer world’s largest skid loader
- Growing Pains and Gains
- Authorities investigating trench collapse that killed worker in Ashburn, Va.
- Pasadena, Calif., undergrounding project could take 500 years to finish
- $227 million Garnet Valley water project advances, set to create 73,000 jobs in Nevada
Comments