[Summit] question on city of providence lead water pipe project

[Greg Gerritt]

I askedfor the stimate, and will dec ide what to do at some future point.
Greg gerritt


on 8/30/08 8:12 AM, D Guad at dagljg27 at yahoo.com wrote:

> We too just received the same mailing and are trying
> weigh the pros and cons of replacing our pipes vs just
> leaving them.  I am staggered by the cost... $100-150
> per foot from curb to inside meter plus digging though
> bushes and under the porch...and potentially $1000 or
> more for inside work.
> 
> The ironic thing about all of this is that we have
> been drinking our tap water for over 10 yrs!
> 
> I am contemplating not replacing the pipes, but may go
> ahead and get the estimate anyway.
> 
> Anyone with more info, please respond to all of the
> Summit list-serve.  I bet there are a ton of other
> neighbors who would appreciate the advice.
> 
> Denise 
> 
> 
> --- Elizabeth Grossman <egrossman1 at cox.net> wrote:
> 
>> We just got the mailing from the City saying that
>> Providence Water
>> plans to replace the lead service line from the
>> water main in the
>> street to the curb stop shutoff.   The mailing gives
>> me the option of
>> replacing or not replacing my portion of the pipe,
>> which runs into 
>> the building from the curb stop shut off valve.  The
>> mailing says the
>> city will do that at my expense if I request it by
>> Sept 3; or I can
>> pay someone else to do it.  Or I can choose not to
>> replace the  
>> portion of the pipe I own.
>> 
>> Has anyone had any experience with having the City
>> replace the  
>> private portion of the pipe on their  property?  Was
>> the price and  
>> the work reasonable?  I have the additional  problem
>> with bushes that
>> the city  says I should move ahead of their doing
>> the work .   
>> Aaargh.   Elizabeth
>> 
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