The Village of Warwick is one of several dozen municipalities in the state set to receive a portion of a $30 million state appropriation for lead service line inventory projects.
Lead pipes are common in municipal water systems throughout the country. Studies have shown that lead can be harmful to infants, young children, and pregnant women when ingested. These dangers have resulted in municipalities making a push to identify and replace lead pipes in municipal drinking water systems.
The village has already taken steps to identify potentially harmful pipes. According to the village’s website, on December 16, 2021, the Federal Lead and Copper Rule Revisions went into effect requiring municipalities like theirs to develop a service line inventory. By 2024, all water utilities were required to determine where lead pipes exist.
The Village of Warwick, on its website, also notes that regular testing is conducted for the presence of lead in its municipal water. Regular tests are conducted at twenty-two customer locations throughout the system.
The specific amounts allocated to each municipality, including to the Village of Warwick, have yet to be decided by the state.
