TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) – The City of Topeka Utilities Department has completed the Lead Service Line Inventory (LSLI) required by U.S. EPA’s Lead and Copper Rule Revisions (LCRR) for its water systems.
Water systems must make their initial inventories publicly accessible under the Lead and Copper Rule Revisions (LCRR).
The inventory map is available on the City of Topeka utility webpage under “Topeka’s LCRI Compliance”.
Through completing a historical records review, conducting surveys, and performing field checks, the City determined there are 291 lead service lines in its distribution system, 810 galvanized lines requiring replacement (GRR), and 3,112 lines that are made of unknown material.
These numbers include both city-owned and customer-owned service lines. The remaining 53,592 service lines in the distribution system are identified as non-lead.
City of Topeka Utilities prepared the LSLI for submittal to the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) and the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
Over the next three years, Utilities plans to continue work to identify the remaining unknown service lines. Simultaneously, plans will begin to replace the City’s lead service lines and the GRR.
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