A Letter to our Members
To Our Water Members,
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) required all Group A water systems, which includes Parkland Light & Water to develop and submit a Lead Service Line Inventory (LSLI) to the state of Washington by October 16, 2024. PLW completed this in accordance with compliance.
PLW has over 8,000 water meter connections in our service area.
- More than >8,000 Water Service records were reviewed for service line material information.
- Homes built in 1986 or newer had building codes that prohibited lead solder.
- Of the >8,000 plus water services, it was identified that 2,644 were of unknown material.
- EPA required all purveyors to gather data of all unknown service lines by address into a spreadsheet that would randomly select 338 services to be excavated to identify the material on the utility side of the service as well as the customers side of service.
- PLW excavated 342 service lines out of the 2,644 total unknown of which zero (0) were identified to be lead.
- PLW is not saying your water service line is made of lead. We are saying your water service line may be unknown.
How Can You Help
- Check our website to identify if your address is listed and if your water service line is known or unknown. https://www.plw.coop/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/2024-LSL-INVENTORY.pdf
- If your address is not listed on the spread sheet of 2,644, then your service line is of known non-lead material. Therefore, identifying and calling is not needed.
- If unknown, please identify what your water service line is made of.
- Call PLW 253-531-5666 so we may add your water service line material to the federal/state required Lead Service Inventory.
Sincerely,
Your PLW Team
253-531-5666
Additional Information from the EPA
