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Michigan Safe Drinking Water Act Lead and Copper Rule Testing Status LEAD AND COPPER RULE TESTING Michigan Safe Drinking Water Act 399 enacted in 1976 to protect the public health Amended in 2018 to add more stringent testing for lead


  1. Michigan Safe Drinking Water Act Lead and Copper Rule Testing Status

  2. LEAD AND COPPER RULE TESTING  Michigan Safe Drinking Water Act 399 enacted in 1976 to protect the public health  Amended in 2018 to add more stringent testing for lead and copper  First set of tests under new rules taken in July 2019  No change to the water supply but the sampling process did change  2018 Consumers Annual Report on Water Quality available on our website

  3. LEAD AND COPPER RULE TESTING  EGLE (formerly MDEQ) designated new tiers for determining what homes to test  Now water for testing must come from buildings with lead service lines or lead pipes before sampling at buildings with other service line or plumbing materials  Lead service lines are the pipes that carry water from the City pipes into the home  Service lines can be made of plastic, copper, galvanized metal or lead

  4. LEAD AND COPPER RULE TESTING

  5. LEAD AND COPPER RULE TESTING  There are 2,600 homes in HW  There are 40 known homes with lead service lines  Information is from original records when homes were built and tapped into the water system

  6. LEAD AND COPPER RULE TESTING  Prior rule required 5 homes be tested every 2 years  New rule requires 20 homes with lead service lines be tested annually esting protocol also changed so a 1 st liter  T and 5 th liter of water are collected  An action level of 15 parts per billion set

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  8. LEAD AND COPPER RULE TESTING  Any test that exceeds 15 ppb for lead is considered over the action level  Action level will be 12 ppb effective 2025  Two homes of the 20 tested exceeded the action level  The remaining homes had levels that ranged from undetectable to 5.6 ppb  The action level is not a health based standard but triggers a call to action  No homes exceeded the action level for copper  Not a violation of the Safe Drinking Water Act

  9. LEAD AND COPPER RULE TESTING  Once notified by EGLE, City must do the following:  Notify the property owner of test results within 30 days which has been completed  Send out a Public Advisory  Conduct Public Education campaign  T est again in 6 months and double the number of testing sites  Start inventory of entire city to determine where there are lead service lines by 1-1-20 and completed by 1-1-25

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  11. LEAD AND COPPER RULE TESTING Next steps  Waiting for EGLE confirmation of test results and instructions for Public Advisory and Public Education campaign  A whole-house filter has been installed at the 2 homes by the DPW  City obtaining bids for replacement of the lead service leads  City responsible for cost of replacement  Must replace minimum of 7% of lead service lines per year and all within 20 years

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  13. LEAD AND COPPER RULE TESTING  Why do we care about lead?  No level of lead in the blood is safe; lead is a potent irreversible neurotoxin  Lifelong multigenerational impacts  Health effects from acute and chronic exposures  Biggest concern is young children and infants, who absorb more lead than the average adult  Health effect in children include: impaired mental development, IQ deficits, shorter attention spans, low birth weight

  14. LEAD AND COPPER RULE TESTING  Lead can enter drinking water when comes into contact with pipes, solder and fixtures that contain lead  Homes with lead service lines have an increased risk of lead in drinking water  Check to see if the water service line is lead

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  16. LEAD AND COPPER RULE TESTING  Recommended actions to help reduce lead exposure  Run your water for at least 5 minutes to flush water with lead service lines; until water runs cold for non-lead service lines  Consider using a filter to reduce lead  Michigan Department of Health recommends any household with an infant, young child or pregnant woman use a certified lead filter  Use cold water for drinking, cooking or preparing baby formula  Do not boil water as boiling will not reduce the amount of lead in water  Clean your faucet aerator to remove trapped debris

  17. LEAD AND COPPER RULE TESTING  Call the Department of Public Works for questions on your water service line at 248.547.1888  Call the DPW to have water tested if there is a lead water service line  Sign up for the e-newsletter at www.hwmi.org for updates  Email asullivan@hwmi.org or call 248.581.2632 with questions

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