Grant money could help residents replace lead pipes

Eau Claire residents with lead service lines as part of their home’s drinking water system could receive help paying for new lines in the form of a state Environmental Improvement Fund grant. 

But how much money the city will receive remains uncertain because of the anticipated popularity of the grant program, city utilities manager Jeffrey Pippenger said.

Eau Claire is eligible for $500,000 in funding to replace the 1,266 lead service lines in the city, Pippenger said....

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Ken Notes: EVERY community with homes built pre 1930`s needs a plan to replace these -- at the very least when road construction or sewer work is done in the area. It is far cheaper to tear everything up once than to address this by individual residences.