EVANSVILLE, Ind. (WEHT) — Evansville Water and Sewer Utility says they’re hoping its an over estimation, but around 3000 homes in the city could be connected to service lines containing lead.
“We’re hope to get far enough along by the end of 2025 to be able to have a good estimate of what is going to be required and how many service lines are going to have to be replaced,” says Vic Kelson, EWSU’s Executive Director.
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A public meeting shared where they will begin on the issue. Officials say resources are limited, so they thought it would be best to start with the protection of children; They’ll spend the Spring and Fall of 2025 analyzing drinking taps at child care facilities. The Summer will be dedicated to elementary schools.
Officials say the company began inventory on service lines months ago, but they don’t have a lot of information on what they’re made of.
“We sent letters to every single customer explaining that we’re involved in this service line inventory. None of the letters that we sent back say that you actually have a lead service line. We haven’t identified all of the service lines yet,” says Kelson.