![]() ![]() Following the recent passage of more stringent state regulations on water, the city now conducts annual tests on a crop of 54 homes that have been flagged for potentially having lead pipes. However, Baker said only 117 Aurora homes have been identified for the new pilot program through the city’s annual lead and copper testing program. In Colorado, most cities own the half of a home’s service line that runs to the water main, while resident’s own the half that runs from the customer’s meter to the house. ![]() “It’s had a ripple effect across the nation - you can look at Chicago, Lansing, Boston … just about every locality is taking a good look at their system.”īaker added water officials are pre-empting harsher federal and state restrictions they expect to see passed on municipal water sources in the coming years.Īurora Water officials have identified more than 3,000 homes in the original Aurora neighborhood - many of which are a few blocks off of East Colfax Avenue - that could have service lines at least partially made of lead. “What happened in Flint has an impact on all utilities,” said Greg Baker, spokesman for Aurora Water. The decision to start the program mirrors similar moves taken by several large American cities, including Boston, Chicago and Lansing, Michigan, to update their utilities following the catastrophic levels of lead found in the drinking water in Flint, Michigan three years ago. Throughout the summer, the city will be contracting with plumbers and inspectors to analyze a portion of the water service lines in as many as 117 north Aurora homes to determine if the pipes contain or leach lead, Brown said. Lead in Aurora drinking water, even in older parts of the city, has not been an issue to date, according to city records. ![]() AURORA | The city’s water department this spring is launching a pilot program to identify and replace pipes that may contain lead in more than 100 north Aurora homes, Marshall Brown, executive director of Aurora Water, announced at a recent city council study session. ![]()
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