City of Milwaukee - File #: 171523

• File #: 171523
• Version: 2
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 1/17/2018
• In control: PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE
• Final action: 3/27/2018
• Title: Substitute resolution relating to Milwaukee Water Works water bill lead-in-water safety inserts and dissemination of other lead-related information.
• Sponsors: ALD. ZIELINSKI
• Indexes: LEAD POISONING, WATER WORKS

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
4/4/2018	2	MAYOR	SIGNED
3/27/2018	2	COMMON COUNCIL	ADOPTED	Pass	15:0
3/7/2018	1	PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE	SUBSTITUTED; Minutes note: Proposed Substitute B	Pass	5:0
3/7/2018	2	PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE	RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION; Minutes note: Ald. Zielinski Jennifer Gonda - Water Works	Pass	5:0
2/14/2018	2	PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE	HELD TO CALL OF THE CHAIR; Minutes note: Ald. Zielinski Sherrie Tussler - Hunger Task Force Jennifer Gonda - Water Works	Pass	4:0
1/24/2018	1	PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE	HELD TO CALL OF THE CHAIR; Minutes note: Jennifer Gonda - Water Works Ghassan Korban - DPW Martha Brown - DCD Ald. Bohl Ald. Coggs Ald. Zielinski Ald. Stamper Atty. Tom Miller - City Attorney's Office Angie Hagy - Health Department Brenda Wood - Common Council/City Clerk	Pass	5:0
1/17/2018	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ASSIGNED TO

Number
171523
Version
SUBSTITUTE 2
Reference
170523
Sponsor
ALD. ZIELINSKI
Title
Substitute resolution relating to Milwaukee Water Works water bill lead-in-water safety inserts and dissemination of other lead-related information.
Analysis
This resolution directs the Milwaukee Water Works to mail lead-in-water safety information on an annual basis to occupants of all buildings served by City-owned lead service lines, and to ensure that this and lead-in-water safety information included with City water bills meet the same standards that the Health Department is held to for providing ongoing community updates to the public related to lead safety.

The Water Works is also directed to allow City departments and non-profit entities to sponsor secondary lead-in-water and lead public education materials for inclusion with all City water bills on a semi-annual basis.

This resolution also directs the Milwaukee Water Works to identify, on every City water bill, whether the City-owned portion of the service line serving the premises being billed is made of lead, and to make publicly available the details of all lead-related testing, monitoring and control treatments conducted by the Milwaukee Water Works.

Body
Whereas, Lead exposure poses a significant threat to public health and safety, with infants, young children, and pregnant women being at the greatest risk of adverse health impacts from lead exposure; and

Whereas, Milwaukee Water Works regularly tests Lake Michigan source water, treated water from Milwaukee water treatment plants, and distribution system water, including tap water, for the presence of lead; and

Whereas, Lead service lines and plumbing can introduce lead into tap water; and

Whereas, Approximately 74,600 properties in the city, including 68,300 residential properties comprising 54.2% of all residential properties in the city, receive water through City-owned lead service lines, and according to the Milwaukee Water Works, a property wit...