City Still Focusing On Mandated Lead Water Line Surveys

10 percent doesn’t sound like much, but it apparently is when it comes to the lead water line surveys the city has been pushing this year. Mayor Joe Judge says the city failed to reach the 10% goal before turning over the effort to an outside firm. As an incentive to complete the surveys, the city offered one month of free water service that would be drawn randomly. The winner of that free month of water service is Lisa Hockgeiger. Judge said 120 Water, which will take over securing the lead water line surveys going forward, was impressed the city was able to secure 223 of the surveys on its’ own. The state of Illinois has mandated that all water customers in the state comply with the survey to determine the location of lead water lines.