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4 thoughts on “Neighborhood awaits replacement of lead pipes

  1. I a little disappointed in citizens energy. They estimate there are 55,000 to 75,000 lead service lines. This has been a known problem since the 80’s Citizen’s has been in control for almost 13 years. I’m not sure why they can’t pin down the extent of the problem by a margin closer than 25%. It’s a pretty simple inspection process.

  2. Spending $22.7 million to replace 800 lead service lines means it costs an average of $28,375 to replace each line. Before spending another $480 million, perhaps they should use the scientific method and start measuring the lead levels in those 800 homes compared to the surrounding community in a longitudinal study. That way, we can see the actual difference this makes. FWIW, the typical American blood lead level is .855 milligrams/deciliter. [Not advocating for higher lead counts, but it’s a little overly dramatic to say there is no safe level when each of us likely has some amount of lead in their blood.]

  3. I haven’t read the article yet because I haven’t got past the first paragraph! I lived downtown and I replaced the lead service line from the main all the way into the house at my own expense maybe 20 years ago. It cost me $5000 then. This including digging up and repairing the street, installing a new meter pit, and boring the line under the curb, sidewalk, flower beds and into the house. The $500,000,000 estimate seems ridiculous! Assuming the low number of 55,000 lines, that is almost $10,000 per line. On top of this, cities in Michigan where they are way ahead of this problem, have the process down to where the price is closer to $1000 a line.

    Without seeing all of the details, I have to call BS on the $500,000,000 price tag.

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