Do you have lead pipes in your house? You better hope you don’t. But if you do, right now DC Water is ready to help you out. The agency is conducting two efforts that will hopefully help eliminate any remaining lead pipes in Georgetown.
The first effort involves the replacement of the water main. This is a relatively wide pipe that runs under the street. DC Water is replacing it for the streets in red below:
As they dig up the street to replace the water main, they will inspect each house’s service line (i.e. the pipe that connects your house to the water main) to determine whether it’s lead or galvanized iron. If it is, they will replace that line for free.
If you live on these blocks, you need not do anything to enable DC Water to inspect your service line. They will reach out to you to facilitate the replacement if its needed.
But what if you don’t live on these blocks and want to have DC Water check to see if you have lead pipes and to have them replaced for free? That’s where DC Water’s Lead Free DC program comes in.
If you go to this site and fill out the authorization form, DC Water will come to your house and determine whether you need your service line replaced. I’m unclear on the timing, to be honest. I filled out this form for my own house earlier this summer, but it hasn’t occurred yet. That said, I believe they are aiming to do this work in Georgetown over the next year or so. So if you are interested in participating, you should fill out the form now.
Here is a video from DC Water explaining the process:
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