For City Council Meeting March 12, 2024
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council
FROM: David N. Carmany
AUTHOR(S): Stephen Dopudja, P.E., Interim Utilities Manager
Toyasha Sebbag, Assistant to the City Manager
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Consideration of a contract with 120Water, Inc. in the amount of $164,650 for professional services to facilitate compliance with the Federal Environmental Protection Agency's Lead and Copper Rule Regulations.
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the City Council and Rialto Utility Authority Board:
1. Award a contract to meet the City's compliance with the Federal Environmental Protection Agency's Lead and Copper Rule Revisions to 120Water, Inc.; and
2. Authorize the City Manager to execute a Professional Services Agreement with 120Water, Inc. for a not-to-exceed amount of $164,650.
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BACKGROUND
In 1991, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) introduced a regulation aimed at controlling lead and copper levels in drinking water, known as the Lead and Copper Rule (LCR). Since its inception, the LCR has undergone revisions to align with technological and scientific advances in lead and copper detection and treatment. The City of Rialto has remained in compliance with the LCR, with lead levels not detected in the water system in over ten years and our water system treated with chlorine to reduce copper corrosion. However, motivated in part by the lead water contamination in Flint, Michigan, when almost 100,000 residents were exposed to lead poisoning from April 2014 to October 2015, in 2021, the EPA issued an addendum to the LCR known as the Lead and Copper Rule Revisions (LCRR). These revisions were designed to enhance protections for communities against lead exposure in drinking water and impose new obligations on community water systems like the City of Rialto.
Under the LCRR (ATTACHMENT 1), water systems are mandated to develop and submit two key components: (1) a comprehensive inventory detailing all service lines withi...
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