Almost all of the lead service lines in Benton Harbor have been replaced after state and local officials kicked off a campaign to speed up the identification and replacement of the aging infrastructure.
Ninety-nine percent of the city's water service lines have been inspected and, if found to be made of lead, replaced with new copper lines, according to a Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy dashboard. Nearly 4,500 lines have been inspected and replaced, leaving fewer than 40 left to review.
The work is roughly five months ahead of schedule, a coalition of local, state and federal agencies announced Wednesday.
