We need your help! The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is requiring all United States public water systems to inventory service lines on private property. This survey will help keep your home safe, and as a thank you for participating, we are holding a raffle for a Yeti Tundra 35 Hard Cooler in Camp Green. Every Rawlins home that takes the survey by Wednesday, July 31st will be automatically be entered for the chance to win this high-quality cooler.
The survey only requires five minutes, a magnet, and a coin. Take this survey today online or on a paper survey to help save the time and hassle of scheduling of a personal visit with the City Utilities crew!
Public Works Director Cody Dill said, “The EPA’s Lead and Copper Rule requires the City to check our whole community for lead service lines. One way we can do that without digging is to have you identify the pipe that you can see coming into your house, either in your crawl space or basement. If you help, check, and inform us of this pipe type, it is the easiest way for all of us to meet the EPA requirements. The state is helping out with an online survey, and a printed copy will be mailed with every water bill next week. As a way to thank people who take the time to do it and help our crews out, we are doing a raffle for the Yeti 35 for everyone who takes the survey by the end of July.”
Share the results with the City by taking the online survey at www.wyriskit.com or in a printed survey mailed with your City utilities bill next week. Additional printed copies are available at City Hall, Rawlins Family Recreation Center, Public Works, Rawlins Library, and the Rawlins Senior Center. Printed surveys can be returned at any of the listed locations, or they can be mailed or dropped off with your monthly City utility bill.
These inventories are an important part of making water lines lead-free in Wyoming. Clean water can absorb lead as it travels through lead pipes to your faucet. Lead can cause health problems, especially in the pregnant or very young. Since lead is impossible to see, taste or smell in drinking water, test your pipe today to be sure.
The City of Rawlins staff is also inventorying the City lines throughout the community. Our crews have been replacing lead lines found during water breaks, curb stop replacements, and other maintenance efforts since the 1980s. The City of Rawlins also performs annual tests at 40 locations throughout our community and has never exceeded the allowable amounts of lead in our water. For more information on the City of Rawlins water quality, review our annual Consumer Water Quality Report at www.rawlinswy.gov/watertreatment or pick up a copy at City Hall.
Surveying each line, whether lead or not, is important to meet our federal requirements and will help the City of Rawlins save employees time collecting this information from building records or home/business visits. Want to learn more about the Customer Service Pipe Material Survey? Check out FAQs, resources, and much more at www.wyriskit.com. Don’t live in Rawlins? The www.wyriskit.com survey is for all residents and businesses within Wyoming.
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