GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) – The Green Bay Water Utility needs help from some homeowners to identify private water service lines made out of lead in the city.
Officials are sending postcards to 2,182 homes identified to have private water service lines that were installed before 1945, which is the year Green Bay stopped installing lead water service lines.
The private water service line is the pipe where water enters the home.
“It is important that these homeowners identify the material of their Private Water Service Lines and report the findings back to us as soon as possible, even if the material is not lead,” Nancy Quirk, general manager of Green Bay Water Utility, said in a statement. “If homeowners discover their Private Water Service Lines are lead, they may be eligible to have them replaced at no cost. We have funding available now to cover 100% of the replacement fee, but we do not know how much longer the funds will be available.”
The postcard will include directions for identifying lead in the home’s private water service line, along with how to report the findings to Green Bay Water Utility.
The Green Bay Water Utility has a goal of removing the city’s remaining lead pipes in the next 5 or 6 years.
