The City of Keller Meets EPA Water Service Line Inventory Requirements
Lead and Copper Rule
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) established the Lead and Copper Rule in 1988 to reduce lead and copper contamination in drinking water. Since then, the City has performed frequent water quality sampling throughout the distribution system and lead and copper sampling at customers’ households to proactively respond to the water quality in our system. The City has complied with these rules since 1988 and tests for lead routinely as required by TCEQ.
In 2021 and 2023, the EPA revised the Lead and Copper Rule, Lead and Copper Rule Revisions (2021) and proposed Lead and Copper Rule Improvements (2023), to strengthen protections against potential lead exposure through drinking water. As a result, all water systems in the U.S., including The City of Keller, must create a comprehensive inventory of all public and private water service lines within their system (see graphic). This includes notifying any homes or businesses served by lead service lines or galvanized requiring replacement line. Galvanized requiring replacement service lines are galvanized piping that was or could have been downstream from a lead source.
The City of Keller is proud to have identified and documented 100% of all service lines and are happy to report that there are no lead service lines in the City of Keller and no galvanized service lines requiring replacement.
The City of Keller identified service line material with the following methods:
- Review of water meter data
- Analysis of building construction dates
- Visual field verification of material via meter box inspections and service line excavations
A complete list of water service line materials can be found in the Water Service Line Materials Inventory tab, below. If you have updated information regarding the service line to your address, please let us know at (817) 743-4080 or by emailing publicworks@cityofkeller.com.
