The older the pipes are, the more potential there is for leaking. In the early 1960s, the housing industry decided to change the water lines from the old galvanized steel pipes to copper.

If you see a thicker pipe coming up out of the basement floor with threads on the end, it's probably a galvanized supply pipe. Galvanized or lead water pipes were installed in Minneapolis homes ...

Water customers who haven’t received a letter by the end of 2024 don’t need to worry; it means you have service line materials that do not contain lead or galvanized steel. In the past year or ...

The village created a program to help residents who want to replace lead or galvanized steel water pipes with copper ones. They will reimburse 100% of the cost to replace the service line from the ...

DECATUR — The galvanized steel water pipes extending from the meter of Karl Ziemer’s 100-year-old home to the city’s water main were replaced last October.

NEWTON — An ordinance requiring local property owners to replace lead and galvanized-steel water pipes will go to a public hearing on June 24, the town council decided this week. Ordinance 2024 ...

New water main pipes are made of flexible material and are less likely to rupture than the old galvanized steel pipes. Underwood said the BWW maintains 4,000 miles of pipe over a 759 square mile area.

Dayton asks residents to test water pipes to find out if they are lead, copper, plastic, galvanized steelThis could include water lines that connect to people’s homes, which normally are the ...

In a statement to The Detroit News on Monday, Weaver highlighted the city's efforts to excavate and check 18,313 galvanized or lead pipes connected to 7,707 homes through Nov. 30.