<div dir="auto">I believe many houses in the Hill area still have lead feeder connections to the water mains. There is a DC Water website where you can check your connection type but it may just be listed as "unknown".<div dir="auto"> If you can see the main shutoff valve coming into your home, if it is lead, there will be a bulge that about doubles the dimensions of the pipe for about three inches as the lead transitions to the interior water pipe material.</div><div dir="auto">DC will replace the entire feeder pipe including the shutoff valve for free, in some cases. Technically you own the last piece of the connection but there are some city funds available for the last piece.</div><div dir="auto">They did it for our house on 11th St. with in the last year. This was triggered by their replacing the water meter out under the sidewalk which damaged the connecting pipe. So the whole replacement process was done immediately without delay.</div><div dir="auto">I am not sure what the process or delays would be if there is not some kind of issue or problem with the existing outside connection.</div><div dir="auto">I would be hesitant to pull a copper liner pipe through an existing lead pipe as it reduces the effective pipe diameter and may not go all the way to the main street line. I believe when DC Water replaces a feeder line they will use 1 inch copper all the way to the street water main.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Below is what a lead feeder connection looks like. The bulge is the lead to other metal transition.</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Sep 3, 2020, 6:57 PM Muriel Wolf <<a href="mailto:murieldubrow@gmail.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">murieldubrow@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>I would call the folks in the DC Dept of environment and ask to speak to folks in the Lead prevention poisoning division. they can alert you as to the correct folks to call. I have been involved in treating children with lead poisoning since the 1970's</div><div>and the DOEE can be very helpful Good luck and be safe</div><div>Muriel Wolf</div><div><br></div><div>
<div>Muriel D. Wolf, M.D. FAAP.</div><div><div>Emeritus Senior Pediatrician</div><div>Emeritus Attending in Pediatric Cardiology</div><div>Childrens National Medical Systems</div><div>Emeritus Associate Professor of Pediatrics</div><div>George Washington University School of Medicine</div><div>Chairperson of the Senior Section, American Academy <br></div><div> of Pediatrics, D.C. Chapter. </div></div>
</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Sep 3, 2020 at 6:08 PM Cathie Woteki <<a href="mailto:cathie@woteki.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">cathie@woteki.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">We were approached by a representative of United Construction Services about lining the water pipe coming into our house with new copper pipe as well as replacing the shutoff valve for a cost of $1200. Has anyone on the list done this? What was your experience?<br>
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Thanks for whatever information you can provide!<br>
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