Durham Water to Host a Public Information Session on Lead and Copper Rule Revision

October 29 session is to update the public on recent Lead and Copper regulatory efforts

DURHAM, N.C. - Durham Water Management staff will host a public information session on Tuesday, October 29, 2024 at 6 p.m. to update the public on its work complying with the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) Lead and Copper Rule Revision and Lead and Copper Rule Improvements. The session will also discuss and explain a service line notification letter that will be sent to many Durham Water's customers in the next 2-3 weeks.

The session will be held in-person at Water Management's Mist Lake Facility (1600 Mist Lake Drive) and also via Zoom teleconferencing. Spanish language interpretation services will be available in-person at the Mist Lake Facility, and there will be a Spanish-language channel option on the Zoom call.

Lead and Copper Rule Revision Public Information Session
Tuesday, October 29, 2024 | 6 p.m.

To attend in person:
1600 Mist Lake Drive, Durham, NC 27704
Click here for directions and map to Mist Lake Facility: www.durhamnc.gov/5299
Park in the front of the building and enter through the main public entrance. Follow signs to meeting.

To attend via Zoom teleconferencing:
Zoom Registration link: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYucuCprjgsE9J3ayP0YTyNohFG_AWgyxgs
The Zoom meeting will begin shortly before 6 p.m. and Durham Water staff will admit attendees to the meeting.

Background

In 2021, the EPA revised the Lead and Copper Rule to provide an improved level of public health protection, this rule went into effect on October 16, 2024. The changes focused on identifying and removing lead service lines, providing increased levels of protection from lead exposure in drinking water to children at schools and childcare facilities, and providing information about lead in drinking water to the community.

Durham Water successfully submitted its initial service line material inventory to the State of North Carolina on October 10, 2024, which included the following:

• No lead service lines have been identified in Durham Water's system.
• More than 55,000 service lines have been identified as "Non-lead".
• 54,350 service lines remain classified as "Unknown".
• 37 service lines have been identified as "Galvanized Requiring Replacement".

All customers whose water service lines have been classified as "Unknown" or "Galvanized Requiring Replacement" will receive a service line notification letter-per EPA guidance-within the next 2-3 weeks. Customers with "Non-Lead" service lines will not receive a notification letter.

Information session topics for October 29 will include:

• Lead and Copper Rule Requirements
• Initial service line material inventory
• Service line notification letters
• Customer service line identification - $30 water bill credit
• Lead and Copper Rule Improvements

Video of the information session in English and Spanish will be made available on Durham Water's Lead Safe Durham website (www.leadsafedurham.org) and on the department's YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/@DurhamSavesWaterNow).

About the Department of Water Management

The Department of Water Management is responsible for the operation and maintenance of Durham's water supply, water treatment and water reclamation (wastewater treatment) facilities, the collection and distribution systems (including meter reading), and customer billing services. The department has a wide variety of support divisions and programs to maintain the existing infrastructure that provide these integral services, and strives to be a responsible steward of the City's physical assets. For information, follow the department on Facebook at Durham Saves Water and on Twitter at @DurhamWater.

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