Lead Service Line Inventory
May 22, 2026
The EPA is requiring all Water Providers to survey their customers regarding what type of lines are used in their homes to provide water. This is to help determine if customers are in danger of lead poisoning. The following Notification and links will help you to determine what type of service lines you have and enable you to let us, your Water Provider, know what to report to the State/EPA. If you have any questions, please give us a call.
Service Line Notification: Potential Health Risk!
Dear Water Consumer:
Public Water Supply District #2, Cass County, wishes to inform you that the service line material at your home or building located at is currently classified as:
Confirmed: Lead Service Line
Confirmed: Galvanized Requiring Replacement
Unknown: Possibly Lead
If your service line is confirmed as being made of lead or is confirmed as Galvanized Requiring Replacement, please read the information below that explains the health effects of lead, how to reduce lead in your drinking water and available financial opportunities should you choose to replace your service line.
If your service line is classified as “Unknown: Possibly Lead,” please read the health effects information provided below and follow the recommendations for reducing lead in your drinking water. In addition, please see the links below that can help you to identify your service line material using visual inspection, along with a scratch and magnet test. Please provide the identification information to PWSD #2 at: 807 E. 187th St., Belton, MO 64012, call 816-331-7108 or on our website: https://pwsd2cass.com/contact-us.
A video on identification of service line materials and picture identification guides are available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JUGIpuH9a4
https://dnr.mo.gov/document-search/do-you-have-lead-service-line-pub3046/pub3046 https://dnr.mo.gov/document-search/how-identify-your-water-service-line-material-pub3052
Health Effects of Lead
Exposure to lead in drinking water can cause serious health effects in all age groups. Infants and children can have decreases in IQ and attention span. Lead exposure can lead to new learning and behavior problems or exacerbate existing learning and behavior problems. The children of women who are exposed to lead before or during pregnancy can have increased risk of these adverse health effects.
Adults can have increased risks of heart disease, high blood pressure, kidney, or nervous system problems.
Lead in drinking water, although rarely a sole cause of lead poisoning, can significantly increase a person’s total lead exposure. Infants who drink baby formulas and concentrates that are mixed with water containing lead are particularly at risk. EPA estimates that drinking water can make up 20% or more of a person’s total exposure to lead. Boiling water does not reduce lead levels.
Please see the following link for additional information concerning the health effects of lead.
How to Reduce Lead in Drinking Water
Information on lead in drinking water, testing methods and steps you can take to minimize exposure is available at http://www.epa.gov/safewater/lead.
- Run your water to flush out If a faucet has not been used for several hours, allow the water to run at the tap for 15 to 30 seconds or until it becomes cold and reaches a steady temperature before using it for drinking or cooking. This flushes lead-containing water from the pipes. The water you run from drinking water taps does not have to be wasted; you can use this water for cleaning purposes or watering plants. You may want to keep a container of drinking water in your refrigerator, so you don’t have to run water every time you need it.
- Use cold water for cooking and preparing baby formula. Do not drink or cook with water from the hot water tap, as lead dissolves more easily into hot Do not use water from the hot water tap to make baby formula.
- Do not boil water to remove Boiling water will not reduce the lead content.
- Look for alternative sources or treatment of If water testing has shown you have elevated lead in your drinking water, you may want to consider purchasing bottled water or a water filter. Read the package to be sure the filter is approved to reduce lead, with NSF/ANSI 53-2021 labeling, or contact the National Sanitation Foundation at 800-NSF-8010 (800-673-8010) for information on performance standards for water filters. If you choose to install a lead-removal
filter, be sure to maintain and replace the filter device according to the manufacturer’s
instructions to protect water quality.
Service Line Replacement Financial Opportunities
If your service line is confirmed as being made of lead or designated as Galvanized Requiring Replacement and you choose to replace it, as your water provider, we are required to offer financial options for replacement. To receive information about these financial options, please contact us by using the same contact information provided on page one. We are required to pay for replacing the portion of the service line that is water system owned. However, we are not required to pay for the portion of the service line that is customer owned.
As your water provider, we are required to replace our portion of a lead service line when you notify us you are replacing your portion of the lead service line. Replacement of both portions of the service line should be performed at the same time to avoid additional water service disruption and disturbance of lead in service line materials. There may also be low interest loan and grant funding assistance available to our water system customers for service line replacement using funding from the Infrastructure, Investment and Jobs Act, better known as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. This funding can be used to replace both the water system-owned and customer-owned portions of the service line. In order to apply and receive this funding, we must know the number of service lines that need to be replaced. This is another reason why it is important for customers to help identify their service line materials.
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