Lead Service Lines

The plan is needed before the city can seek funding help through grants.

The city estimates it has 2,000 lead water service lines still in use.

The city is mainly looking at houses built before 1972, which is when it passed an ordinance to ban the installation of lead service lines.

Galesburg has completed the latest round of testing for the presence of lead in drinking water. The city said the results show its prevention efforts are…

The city of Galesburg is set to begin replacing lead water service lines at about 400 homes. The pipes which connect private residences to the city's…

Galesburg aldermen approved a contract with J.C. Dillon of Peoria for $1.7 million to do the first phase of a lead water service line replacement program.…

Galesburg has released more details about its plan to replace privately-owned lead water service lines. City Engineer Wayne Carl said the city will start…

Galesburg made headlines this year when the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency determined the city failed to meet federal standards for lead levels in…