The city sent out more than 40,000 letters to private properties asking them to test their service lines. Here’s why and how.

lead could get into your drinking water at your home or business if any of your water lines or plumbing fixtures contain lead or galvanized pipe.” The letters are due to revisions made in ...

“A galvanized pipe is actually a steel pipe that has been coated in zinc and that zinc is to prevent corrosion, rust and pitting. Over time, that coating wears off,” Allman explained.