Crews are hard at work in the Martindale Brightwood community.
Citizens Energy is pulling lead service lines out of the ground— the pipes that carry the water from the main water line (typically under the street) to the customer’s home.
“We just hit a milestone of 3,000 lead service lines replaced and that is still a small portion of our overall customer base that we believe has lead service lines but it’s exciting to get to that point,” said Ben Easley, a spokesperson for Citizens Energy.
Water systems across Indiana are moving forward with identifying and removing lead service lines amid uncertainty at the federal level.
According to the Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM), so far, the following have been identified:
| TYPE OF SERVICE LINES | NUMBER |
| Lead | 152,620 |
| Galvanized requiring replacement | 20,946 |
| Unknown | 694,622 |
Water safety advocates are eagerly awaiting what the Trump administration will do when it comes to lead in our drinking water…