Fairfax Water is on track to fully eliminate the last lead pipes from its network in advance of a 2027 federal deadline.
“We’ll have them replaced by the end of the year,” Fairfax Water general manager Jamie Bain Hedges said at a meeting yesterday (Tuesday) between the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors and water authority board members.
Fairfax Water, which is autonomous from the county government but is overseen by a board appointed by county supervisors, has just over 290,000 service lines. Currently, only 15 remain that are lead-based…