Milwaukee – of the 70,000 lead service lines that distribute toxic drinking water through out Milwaukee, a little over 30,000 of them are located in the south and west side of Milwaukee.
Data released by Milwaukee officials gives a breakdown of the number of lead service lines in each Milwaukee aldermanic district.
According to the information, leading the list is Aldermanic District 15, represented by Alderman Tony Zielinski.
Zilenski’s district has 9,452 lead service lines in operation.
Aldermanic District 10, represented by Alderman Michael Murphy comes in a close second with 9,166 lead service lines in operation.
Last week, professor scientist Dr. Marc Edwards of Virginia Tech University, spoke at Marquette University as the keynote speaker during a water quality conference sponsored by the University.
During his speech Dr. Edwards stated that it would be wrong to say that water flowing through lead pipes is 100% safe. He added that he wouldn’t drink water coming from lead pipes.
Combined, the following aldermanic districts have over 30,000 lead pipes.
Aldermanic District 15, 9,452, Alderman Tony Zielinski.
Aldermanic District 12, 5,585, Alderman Jose G. Perez.
Aldermanic District 10; 9,166, Alderman Michael Murphy.
Aldermanic District 8, 6,361, Alderman Bob Donovan.
