{"id":973,"date":"2018-12-03T17:05:07","date_gmt":"2018-12-03T17:05:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/us.kobuspipepuller.com\/?p=973"},"modified":"2025-05-22T23:59:43","modified_gmt":"2025-05-22T23:59:43","slug":"flint-lead-pipe-replacement-program-delayed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dresserutility.com\/kb2025\/flint-lead-pipe-replacement-program-delayed\/","title":{"rendered":"Flint lead pipe replacement program delayed"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Michigan State threaten to pull plug on funding<\/h2>\n<p>Progress on the lead pipe replacement program in Flint, MI, has apparently been delayed during 2018 due to a change in how the location of lead pipes is being undertaken.\u00a0 The Mayor of Flint, Karen Weaver, has reportedly changed the method of identifying which properties have lead pipes.\u00a0 Now, contractors are required to dig trenches to confirm the presence of lead pipes as a number of service lines thought to be lead have turned out to be copper.<\/p>\n<p>City officials are not sure where lead pipes are located, so previously a hydrovac truck would be sent to an area to excavate a small hole to confirm the pipe material.\u00a0 This would cost only $200 per property and would avoid digging a large trench if copper was found.\u00a0 Instead, contractors are now having to dig a 10 foot trench costing $1700 per house.<\/p>\n<p>This has caused Michigan State to consider pulling the State funding for the program potentially threatening the viability of the whole lead replacement program.\u00a0 Funding of around $100m from State and federal sources is fundamental to the project.<\/p>\n<p>Flint has around 12,000 lead pipes still to replace.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bridgemi.com\/michigan-environment-watch\/flint-finds-replacing-lead-pipes-isnt-easy-even-when-state-promises-pay\">click on this link to a recent report by Jim Malewitz of Michigan Environment Watch<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/kobuspipepuller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Hydrovac.jpg\" alt=\"hydrovac-excavating-around-services\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kobuspipepuller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Hydrovac.jpg 450w, https:\/\/kobuspipepuller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Hydrovac-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><figcaption>Hydrovac excavating around services<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michigan State threaten to pull plug on funding Progress on the lead pipe replacement program in Flint, MI, has apparently been delayed during 2018 due to a change in how the location of lead pipes is being undertaken.\u00a0 The Mayor of Flint, Karen Weaver, has reportedly changed the method of identifying which properties have lead [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[567,568,548],"tags":[],"country":[],"featured_photo_tag":[],"posttag":[],"class_list":["post-973","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blogs","category-kobus-pipe-puller-blogs","category-new2"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Flint lead pipe replacement program delayed - Kobus Pipe Puller<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Flint lead pipe replacement program is under threat due to changes in methods to locate lead service pipes. 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