City of Melbourne Working on Comprehensive Inventory of Water Distribution Network

city of melbourne working with 60,000 residential and commercial service lines

BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced its final Lead and Copper Rule revisions, intended to reduce the risk of lead exposure by identifying lead service lines and expediting their removal from drinking water systems nationwide.

As part of this effort, the City of Melbourne has been working on a comprehensive inventory of our water distribution network, encompassing more than 60,000 residential and commercial service lines.

The City has developed an online service line inventory map to view the current inventory. The map features a look-up tool that allows you to find out the status of a service line by entering an address.

A complete inventory for the entire water service area will take several years.

“We will continue updating the service line inventory as more records are located and field investigations are conducted,” said a City of Melbourne official.

“To date, we have found no lead service lines and have identified more than half of the service lines in our system as non-lead. However, we have not yet located records that identify what 28,368 of the service lines in our system are made of.”

In accordance with the EPA’s revised regulations, letters have been sent to each of these customers to inform them that their service line is currently identified as “unknown.”

“This does not mean that we believe the service line is made of lead; rather, we do not have records confirming the material of their service lines.”

If you receive one of these letters and know your service line material or plan to replace it, email utilities.administration@mlbfl.org.

CLICK HERE to learn more about the EPA’s Lead and Copper Rule, service lines and the service line inventory, and how the City of Melbourne works to keep lead out of drinking water.

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