Regina / 980 CJME
May 26, 2021 | 6:46 PM
Regina city council approved a plan Wednesday to replace the remaining 3,600 city-owned lead water service connections over the next 15 years.
The cost to replace those connections is expected to be $36 million and will see utility rates increased by two per cent in 2022, on top of a three per cent yearly increase set between 2022 and ’24.
Most of the city’s lead connections are located in older neighbourhoods.
The 15-year timeline is a less-ambitious schedule than the five-year plan council approved in 2019, which came after a report by investigative journalists who found Regina was among numerous Canadian cities with elevated levels of lead in drinking water.