A Q&A as the city heads into the next, bigger phase of federally mandated work to get rid of lead water lines, while looking to upping the success rate of getting into home to get the work done.
I found the process of replacing lead lines at my 1930-era house very easy. The contractors did a neat job, and came back to add soil around the water shutoff thing when it started to sink. And they were careful around a rose bush that was in their way!
Yes, I believe at a recent meeting they had mentioned that getting a hold of the actual owner of the home was a large hurdle. The tenants may be fine with the work, but they have to get the owner's okay.
I tried twice wading through the city information to find the address generator for lead pipe replacement. Perhaps there's a reason others didn't respond to the information.
I found the process of replacing lead lines at my 1930-era house very easy. The contractors did a neat job, and came back to add soil around the water shutoff thing when it started to sink. And they were careful around a rose bush that was in their way!
Great example of local-interest reporting, Dave.
Thanks for reading it.
Any chance landlords are being a drag on the lead pipe work?
Yes, I believe at a recent meeting they had mentioned that getting a hold of the actual owner of the home was a large hurdle. The tenants may be fine with the work, but they have to get the owner's okay.
...and if the landlord is out of town... Yeah.
I tried twice wading through the city information to find the address generator for lead pipe replacement. Perhaps there's a reason others didn't respond to the information.
There's a search icon in the upper right of their tracker: https://www.arcgis.com/apps/dashboards/31af0510299144f7bf85a93bb6663b45
Thanks. I found it very hard to navigate to.
Definitely easier to navigate on a computer; I'm sure a phone's web browser would cause issues.
Hi. Thanks for the reporting. Just to confirm: Is Jacque Chosnek the city engineer and city attorney?
You're correct. Not sure how I landed on engineer. Thanks for the heads up. Correcting that reference now.