Notices on the way for Minneapolis homes with lead service lines amid statewide replacement effort [Video]

Affected residents in Minneapolis should expect a letter from the city any day now about work to replace lead water infrastructure as part of an estimated $1 billion statewide project to replace all lead water service lines in the next decade.

The Lead Service Line Replacement Program is headed up by the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) using federal and state funding.

Inventories of community water systems statewide found an estimated 100,000 lead service lines in Minnesota, according to an MDH dashboard, and state officials plan to replace them all by 2033.

Work is underway in at least Minneapolis, St. Paul and Duluth so far, according to MDH.

“This week, residents who have either a lead water service line, a galvanized water service line requiring replacement or a water service line of unknown material will be receiving a letter from the City,” read a press release from the City of Minneapolis …