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Consider approving Resolution No. 2025-060 approving a Professional Service Agreement with Freese and Nichols, Inc. for Phase 4 of the Lead and Copper Rule Revision Compliance Plan, in an amount not to exceed $120,133; and take appropriate action.
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BACKGROUND:
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) passed a federal regulation in 1991 called the Lead and Copper Rule (LCR), which requires drinking water utilities to provide corrosion control and monitor lead in customers' homes. The City of Farmers Branch Public Works Department has maintained consistent compliance with the LCR since the rule was established.
On January 15, 2021, the EPA released new revision standards to the LCR, including guidance for water service line identification and reporting, impacting water utilities nationwide. Effective December 16, 2021, the EPA's Lead and Copper Rule Revisions (LCRR) required public water systems to conduct a service line material inventory and address locations with elevated levels of lead. The deadline for addressing the initial LCRR requirements was October 16, 2024. On October 16, 2024, a Lead Service Line Inventory (LSLI) was completed and submitted to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ). Public-facing documents, including the LSLI (GIS Map), were available on the city website, and letters were mailed to residents with a lead or galvanized service line.
During visual inspections of our water meter connections throughout the city, PW found no city-owned services classified as lead or galvanized. Five lines were identified as galvanized on the private side, thus needing replacement. The shot clock to replace those service lines will not commence until 2027. Once the shot clock starts, residents will have until November 1, 2037 (ten years) to replace the galvanized service lines identified during the discovery phase.
The primary goals of LCLI are eliminating all unknowns, performing random inspections of the distribution syst...
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