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4 WATER'r1ALITY LEAD FPFF SPRWS <br />GOAL: <br />REMOVE <br />ALL LEAD <br />SERVICE <br />LINES BY <br />2032 <br />« It's an ambitious goal <br />that the Board of Water <br />Commissioners set to <br />completely remove all <br />lead service lines from <br />both public andprivate <br />property It is one of the <br />largest investments of its <br />kind in the Midwest." <br />Patrick Shea, <br />General Manager, <br />SPRWS <br />"Replacing drinking <br />water infrastructure is a <br />critical need. Providing <br />safe drinking water to <br />our residents is vital to <br />their health and safety' <br />Chris Tolbert, <br />Saint Paul City Council <br />member and Board of <br />Water Commissioner <br />"We are proud to <br />fieverge American <br />Rescue Plan dollars for <br />this massive effort to <br />replace lead services to <br />our residents' homes. <br />Not only does this project <br />offer peace for families, <br />it offers jobs andjob <br />training to Saint Paulites <br />ready to work." <br />SaintPaul Mayor <br />Melvin Carter <br />LEAD FREE SPRWS <br />KICKS OFF AMBITIOUS <br />10-YEAR PLAN <br />Patrick Shea, SPRWS general manager; Chris Tolbert, city council member and Board ofWater Com- <br />missioners; Saint Paul Mayor Melvin Carter; Mara Humphrey, president, Board of Water Commission- <br />ers, in the Hemline Midway neighborhood to kick off the Lead Free SPRWS program. <br />Saint Paul Regional Water <br />Services marked the start of <br />a 10-year commitment to en- <br />sure longterm drinking water <br />quality by removing lead ser- <br />vice lines in both public and <br />private property at a kick off <br />event in the summer of 2022. <br />Up until the late 1920s, water <br />service lines delivering water <br />into the home were made of <br />lead. SPRWS been working <br />since the 1980s to eliminate <br />these lead service lines from <br />our system. <br />The Lead Free SPRWS pro- <br />gram is designed to remove <br />the remaining 26,000 lead <br />service lines in system by <br />2032. The program is volun- <br />tary and free to the home- <br />owner. <br />"It's an ambitious goal that <br />the Board of Water Com- <br />missioners set to completely <br />remove all lead service lines <br />from both the public and pri- <br />vate property," said SPRWS <br />General Manager Patrick <br />Shea. "it is one of the largest <br />investments of its kind in the <br />Midwest" <br />"Replacing drinking water in- <br />frastructure is a critical need,' <br />said Chris Tolbert, Saint Paul <br />City Council member and <br />Board of Water Commission- <br />er. "Providing safe drinking <br />water to our residents is vital <br />to their health and safety." <br />We are proud to leverage <br />American Rescue Plan dollars <br />for this massive effort to <br />replace lead service lines to <br />our residents' homes," said <br />Saint Paul Mayor Melvin <br />Carter. "Not only does this <br />project offer peace of mind <br />for families, it offers jobs and <br />job training to Saint Paulites <br />ready to work" <br />This is a $300 million invest- <br />ment over 10 years. The $200 <br />million from bipartisan infra- <br />structure act dedicated to Min- <br />nesota for lead replacement is <br />a good down payment, though <br />more is necessary to finish <br />the job. More assistance from <br />our state and federal partners <br />is needed to help replace <br />these lead service lines with <br />copper. <br />For more information, go to <br />stpaul.govlwater. <br />LEAD FREE <br />SPRWS= <br />Page 32 of 76 <br />