Correction ... Is your house one of 3,200 up for lead water line replacement? Check here
A database shows address-by-address which Lafayette homes are part of a $40M lead line replacement program in the next 10 years. Plus, a look ahead to a renew vote for the county’s syringe exchange
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Correction: An initial version of this edition had links assigned incorrectly for Lafayette’s Lead Service Line Replacement Program. This edition has been corrected.
CHECK HERE: LEAD WATER LINE REPLACEMENT DATABASE UP AND RUNNING
A database showing which 3,200 homes in Lafayette have lead or galvanized water service lines is ready to go and posted on the city’s website.
Last week, the city laid out details about a 10-year, federally mandated lead and galvanized water line replacement that will take in roughly 8% of Lafayette’s 40,000 utility customers, starting in 2025. The project was prompted by a deadline to replace all lead water pipes in the United States by 2034 as part of a new EPA rule.
For more about Lafayette’s plans for the $40 million Lead Service Line Replacement Program, set to start in early 2025 with 867 homes in the city’s north end, here are more details from the rollout last week:
On Friday, the city and contractors with Wessler Engineering finished work on a database and map that shows, address-by-address, whether you can expect to get a letter about service line replacement. The city also promised that the map would be updated to show progress over the next decade.
Click the map to look up your address and check your neighborhood:
The first community meetings: The city will hold public meetings on the first phase of the project, targeting three sections of Lafayette’s north end, at the McAllister Center gym, 2351 N. 20th St.:
Noon-1 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 20.
6-7 p.m. Monday, Nov. 25.
Noon-1 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 5.
More questions? The city has a frequently asked questions feature about the project at www.lafayette.in.gov/lslrp. Lafayette Mayor Tony Roswarski encouraged people to let the city’s water works know if they had questions. “Please don’t speculate,” Roswarski said. “Please don’t get information from some source other than us. There’ll be a lot of folks talking about this and a lot of people sharing information. We understand that. But we’re just asking, please, contact the city of Lafayette directly and hear directly from us … so we make sure that you get that accurate information.” The water works number is 765-807-1700.
TIPPECANOE COUNTY’S SYRINGE EXCHANGE UP FOR 2-YEAR RENEWAL MONDAY
The Tippecanoe County Board of Health will be among those pressing Monday morning for a two-year renewal of Gateway to Hope, the health department’s syringe exchange program since 2017.
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