FOLSOM — Some Folsom residents are alarmed after receiving a letter from the city warning them that the type of water pipe in their home may contain lead.
The City of Folsom said the letter was not to cause alarm but was part of its Lead Assessment Program that the state and federal government are demanding agencies to complete.
“As part of a nationwide effort required by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the State Water Resources Control Board – Division of Drinking Water (DDW), the City of Folsom is required to create a water service line inventory to comply with the EPA’s Lead and Copper Rule Revisions,” the City of Folsom said on its Lead Assessment Program page . “This inventory will assist the City in identifying the presence or absence of lead water service lines in the water system.”…