Water Line Survey
SERVICE LINE INVENTORY
As part of the new regulations from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) the Town of Carlton DPW is required to collect an inventory from the water customers on the materials that their water service lines are made of.
We need your help with this. Please see below the ways you can determine the type of material your service line is made of.
Once this is done, contact the Town office at 585-682-4358 with the information. That’s It!
Your help is greatly appreciated!
How to Determine Service Line Material:
All you need is a screwdriver and a magnet.
- Conducting a SCRATCH TEST
- Find the water service line in your home, this will be a pipe entering your home and attached before the water meter.
- Use the flat side of a screwdriver to scratch the surface of the service line.
- 4 Type of Materials
COPPER- if surface area is shiny or copper color (like a penny). Magnet will NOT stick.
GALVANIZED STEEL – if scratched, area remains a dull gray (very hard and not easily scratched). Magnet WILL stick.
PLASTIC- typically black or blue, the scratched surface remains the same color as the pipe itself. Magnet will NOT stick.
LEAD – if the scratched area is shiny and silver. Lead pipes are softer and easier to scratch than Copper or Galvanized Steel. Magnet will NOT stick