The city is poised to begin a multi-million project to eventually replace more than 3,000 lead-lined residential drinking water lines with copper versions. The nearly $32 million project, anticipated to be paid with a combination of state subsidies and low-interest loans, represents a “monumental” step toward providing residents with better quality water, Barry Weiner, Water & Water Pollution Control Authority chairman, told the City Council on Tuesday. The three-phase project is anticipated to cost $31.6 million for the replacement of 3,279 lines, though that number could change. Lanzafame said the number of replacements needed is based on an examination of 150 resident basements that was then extrapolated with statistical models.
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