lead pipes

Common councilors are voting to hire a company called 120Water to take over water sampling programs.

Families for Lead Freedom Now and the NYCLU say the city didn't properly test water, generating lower lead level results.

The samples collected from August through October show lead levels under the EPA action level. Flawed test samples collected earlier in the year showed high lead levels, causing some to call for the city to declare a state of emergency.

Public gets its chance to air their concerns over the lead levels in Syracuse water lines.

City leaders say the advocates are using flawed sample results to make their case, while agreeing on the priority of replacing lead service lines.

Letters are going out to those who have not yet submitted their results to OCWA. The authority can also send an employee to help.

Residents will have the chance to learn more at a public information meeting Thursday evening at Nottingham High School.

The authority marked the occasion of "National Imagine a Day Without Water" to encourage customers to check the material used for water pipe that enters their house.