SPRWS Aims for 2,500 Lead Service Line Replacements in 2025

St. Paul Regional Water Services (SPRWS) is moving ahead in its goal to remove lead service lines from its water infrastructure—at no cost to property owners. The Lead Free SPRWS project was launched in 2022,  and the number of replacements has doubled each year. For 2025, SPRWS is setting its sights on an ambitious target: replacing lead service lines at 2,500 properties.

Thanks to strong support from state and federal funding sources, the Lead Free SPRWS project is moving forward free for customers and without the need to raise water rates in 2025. 

Currently, about 20 percent of properties in the SPRWS service area are connected to the public water main with lead service lines. An additional six percent have lines made of unknown material, which SPRWS is treating as potential lead until confirmed otherwise.

Customers are encouraged to visit stpaul.gov/water/lead-free to check the material of their water service line using SPRWS’s interactive map. Property owners eligible for replacement this year have already been contacted by the utility and can easily express their interest by submitting a quick online intent form. Once submitted, SPRWS’s outreach team will follow up with next steps. If you have not been contacted by SPRWS for this year’s project area, you can still update your contact information on the map so that we have accurate information for when you become eligible.
For more information about the Lead Free SPRWS initiative or other SPRWS programs, please visit stpaul.gov/water.