Hi: We have yet to deterrnine the sampling protocol. We are meeting soon with DEC to determine this. We will get
back with you as soon as we have detarmined what we need todo. This form may need to be modified for our use.
“Current water sampling protocols were designed to assess the adequacy of water treatment,
not the level of human exposure to lead. Important fluctuations in water lead levels might be
missed because of limitations inherent in sampling protocols developed for regulatory purposes.”
Linda ®. Dyhena, PAD.
Environmental Public Health Director
Division of Environmental Health
Michigari Department of Health & Human Services
517,335,8566
dykernal@ michigan gov
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Advisory Team Update; Filter.pdf
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Michelle Bruneau, MA
Michigan Department of Health & Human Services
Project Manager & Health Educator
(517) 335-8984
bruneaum @michigan.gov
This link should take you to an embedded PowerPoint of a Hurley physician study on
lead in the Flint drinking water.
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Excerpt below with the plan they implemented.
Following the LCR (1.8. EPA 1991), guidance from the U.S. EPA, consultation with the DC Department of
Health, and its own contingency plans, in 2003 the DCWASA implemented plans for families living in homes
with lead lines or testing above the LAL:
Advisories were disseminated recommending that water lines should be flushed for 10 min before
consuming drinking water.
Specific advice for limiting exposure to children < 6 years of age and pregnant and nursing women was
sent to all households with suspected lead service lines, in the form of flyers prepared in English,
Spanish, Korean, Chinese, Vietnamese, and Amharic.
Filters were distributed to homes with suspected lead service lines and later to all homes with a test
result > 15 ppb (the LAL). Replacement filter cartridges were then sent to the same homes at 6-month
intervals for the duration of the period of the exceedance, ending in June 2006.
The board of directors of the DCWASA decided to adopt a voluntarily accelerated program to replace
the public segment of all lead service lines in the District of Columbia, exceeding requirements of the
LCR (U,8. EPA. 1991).
Homeowners were offered replacement of the private segment of lead service lines on their property, at
cost, at the same time that the public segments of the lead service lines were replaced. When the public
line is replaced but the private line is not, lead levels are reduced proportionally to the length of pipe
replaced but not eliminated.
Low-cost financing was arranged with a local bank for qualifying property owners who wished to
replace the private part of the lead service line on their property. The DC government later made grants
available to low-income eligible residents for this purpose.
The DCWASA offered free water testing to any customer in the distribution area who requested it.
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