How to Identify Your Water Service Line Material

Providing the highest quality drinking water is the top priority of the Western Virginia Water Authority. A part of meeting that goal is to make sure that the water coming out of your faucets is lead free.
The water that leaves our treatment plants is non-detect for lead; however, as this water flows through pipes, it comes in contact with materials that are used to make pipes as well as the plumbing inside our customers' homes. If there is lead present in those pipes or pipe fittings, lead can get into the drinking water. The Authority is inspecting all our pipes to make sure they are lead free, but we need your help to identify the material used in your water service line.
You can learn more about the pipe material in your home and help the Authority by inspecting your home plumbing and reporting the pipe material that you have in your water service line coming into your home. Simply inspect the pipes coming into your home and then report your findings on our website www.westernvaw...