Service Line Material Survey

All water utilities in Utah, including Timber Lakes Water (TLW), are required
by the EPA and Utah Division of Drinking Water to provide a full inventory
of all private water service lines. Your private service line is the water line
from the water meter into your cabin. Based on our records, TLW is
confident we do not have any lead service lines. However, we are required
to verify this information by October 2024. This is where we need YOU!

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How to Identify Your Private Service Line

Step 1: Locate where your water service line enters your home. This is normally located at the lowest level of your home, in a crawl space, basement, or utility room. The test area described below is the most representative portion of the service line used to verify service line material.

Step 2: Identify the test area. Find the water shut off valve and/or pressure reducing valve(PRV). The test area is normally located before the shut off valve.

Step 3: The material type can be identified through visual inspection, a scratch test, or a magnet test. In some situations, due to corrosion, the pipe needs to be scratched to reveal either a copper penny color, or silver color. If it is a silver color, the only way to distinguish between galvanized or lead pipe is a magnet test, magnets will stick to galvanized pipe but not to lead pipe. If your service line is a copper penny color, your line is copper.

Step 4: Submit your findings through the survey at the bottom of the page and take a picture of your test area and email it to timberwaterssd@msn.com with your Name and Lot#. If you would rather complete a paper survey, please email or call the office and we will email you a paper copy of the survey. The District’s contact information is below.

samples of water service line photos

Photo of a water service line where it enters the home including the shut off valve

The survey should take around 15 minutes to complete. If you are unable to locate and/ or identify your service line, please reach out to us via email: timberwaterssd@msn.com or by calling us at 435-654-0125.

While we must verify the service line material types of all homes in Timber Lakes, because of the 1989 lead ban by the EPA, we are prioritizing homes built prior to 1989. Regardless of when your home was built, we will sincerely appreciate your completing the survey as explained above and returning the information to us as soon as possible.

Thank you!

Resources for More Information

Identifying Service Line Material
https://www.lslr-collaborative.org/identifying-service-line-material.html

AWWA- “Let’s get the Lead Out!” https://www.awwa.org/Portals/0/AWWA/Communications/LeadBrochurePrintable.pdf

EPA – “Sources of Lead in Drinking Water”
https://www.epa.gov/sites/default/files/2017-08/documents/epa_lead_in_drinking_water_final_8.21.17.pdf

Survey

Account Number *

Name *

First

Last

Email *

Phone Number

Please enter a number where we can contact you to clarify any questions or issues.

Timber Lakes Lot Number and Address *

Please enter your Lot # then Street Address (City, State, and Zip are not necessary)

Water Service Line Install Date *

Water Service Line Material *

Based on appearance, testing, or existing records, please select the appropriate material of your water service line.

Source of Information – How did you determine the material of your water service line? *

After form submission a photo of your water service line will need to be sent to timberwaterssd@msn.com

Signature

I am the person named on this form and I completed this survey.

By checking this box, you are electronically signing this form and verifying that you are the owner of the property.