A five-year project to remove thousands of lead pipes in Green Bay is done.
That means the city’s water system is now completely lead pipe free. Green Bay Water Utility crews started working on the pipes after a study found there were thousands of lead pipes in the system, posing a health risk.
Nancy Quirk is the general manager of the utility. She says they were spurred on by the Flint, Michigan lead pipe crisis.
The project cost the utility about $6 million and was paid for by state grants and the Lambeau tax credit fund. No homeowners paid out of pocket to have their lead pipes replaced.
