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Council approves 15-year lead service connection replacement program


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“We have put in place a very viable program to remove lead piping from the city side and we have provided an interim measure through the water filter program which, when you take the two together, means that nobody should be finding themselves drinking water with lead in it,” said Coun. Bob Hawkins (Ward 2) during a city council meeting Wednesday.
But residents and councillors alike voiced concerns over the effectiveness of the lead removal water filter program as a stop-gap measure. The program offers a free water filter and replacements annually for residents who have LSCs but is currently sitting at a 20-per-cent participation rate. ....

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Cathedral residents call for improved water testing for lead


Regina / 980 CJME
May 27, 2021 | 2:34 PM
Residents in Regina’s Cathedral neighbourhood are concerned by city council’s decision to walk back its five-year deadline to replace the city’s remaining lead water service connections.
About 3,600 of those connections exist, mostly in older neighbourhoods including Cathedral. Council voted Wednesday to replace them in 15 years, a longer timeline than the five-year plan approved in 2019.
“We feel like that pushing back the timeline further downplays the health implications and the urgency that this needs to be dealt with,” said Casey Peart, a board member from the Cathedral Area Community Association (CACA).
Council had weighed more aggressive timelines but sought to strike a balance between accelerating the work (the status quo would have completion in 2050) and keeping utility rates low and co-ordinating with other road work. ....

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