Lead Inventory Desk
Primary: EPA administrative contact on the system's own record. On the list: EPA administrative contact (396).
Backup: Town manager or mayor, when the town's own site publishes one (day 14 only). On the list: manager (32), mayor (22).
Example below: Town of Beaufort, send order 1, with its real merge values. Personal names and email addresses are taken out; the organization's name stays.
- Day 0, first emailto the EPA administrative contactPaying for the service line inventory at Town of Beaufort
Hi [first name],
EPA's records list all 1,455 service lines at Town of Beaufort as lead status unknown, so your baseline inventory and replacement plan are due November 1, 2027. North Carolina DEQ's lead service line fund pays for inventory work, and disadvantaged systems can get principal forgiveness, which works like a grant.
- Day 3, same threadto the EPA administrative contactRe: Paying for the service line inventory at Town of Beaufort
Hi [first name],
From the public record for Town of Beaufort: 4,452 people served through 4,000 connections. By November 1, 2027, the state needs a baseline inventory of all 1,455 service lines and their connectors, plus a replacement plan, because 1,455 of them are lead, galvanized requiring replacement or unknown.
- Day 7, same threadto the EPA administrative contactRe: Paying for the service line inventory at Town of Beaufort
Hi [first name],
Last note from me on Town of Beaufort. The first inventory deadline was enforced: in 2024, 3,902 public water systems had a violation for missing it.
- Day 14, new threadto the Town Manager, only if nobody there repliedLead service line inventory at Town of Beaufort
Hi [first name],
Two weeks ago I wrote to the administrative contact on EPA's record for your water system about the lead service line inventory and replacement plan due November 1, 2027. I haven't heard back, so I'm checking with you in case it sits with someone else.