Most of the neighbors in our section and other sections have received a long letter from the water company that seems a bit scary, related to our water pipes.
One of our board members asked our neighbor Gary who worked 30 years in the water dept. and It seems this letter went out to all cities, Plantation, Hollywood, Fort Lauderdale, etc. from EPA and it is nothing to be upset about.
They are concerned with our home lines to each house from their service copper city pipes. Cities want to check and have detailed records maybe due to liability, and are putting the responsibility on the homeowner to investigate your home’s pipe, if the city doesn’t know what your pipes are made of, and then something happens. When many of our homes were built the cities were not given info from builders re home’s pipes used.
In our neighborhood, you have either copper, PCV or galvanized pipes. They are fine; but if galvanized, it will give you trouble eventually and pressure may get reduced because there could be build up in the lines.
If you have not received the letter yet, you will probably receive it soon, but it is a mass letter to thousands of customers and there is no need to panic about it.
