Lead in drinking water is mainly
due to the corrosion of customer water service lines and household plumbing. The
City of Henderson public water system does not have pipes made with lead. Some
Henderson homes built prior to 1989 may have pipes or plumbing fixtures that
contain lead or used lead solder, after which it was banned in residential
construction. The City has procedures in place to remove lead if we find it.
You can utilize our Water
Service Line Inventory Map to see if our records classify your water
service line as lead. If your home was built prior to October 1, 1989, and you would like to know the specific material of your water service line or
find that the material indicated on the map is incorrect, please submit a
request or question below with details.
Our community's water comes from
the Colorado River, and it contains naturally occurring minerals that make it "hard" and less corrosive to piping materials. Additionally, a corrosion
inhibitor called Zinc Orthophosphate is added to the water to help prevent
metal that may be present in plumbing fixtures from leaching into the drinking
water.
The Environmental Protection
Agency's (EPA's) Lead and Copper Rule requires public water providers to
monitor the concentrations of these metals at customer taps to ensure they are
below prescribed limits. The Department of Utility Services conducts a Lead and
Copper Sampling Program every three years on tap water samples collected from
participating residences that meet the criteria.
NOTE: The results of lead
and copper testing have remained below the limits set by the EPA since the
Utility began its testing program.
For more information on the Lead
& Copper Sampling Program, please visit our website.
(FAQ11836)
