(WNY News Now) – Jamestown, NY – Jamestown Board of Public Utilities (BPU) employees stopping at residences to help with the “Check Your Pipes” project will be working during the month of May until 6:30 p.m. weeknights and from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. Saturdays starting next week.
The employees involved in this project will be easily identifiable with their BPU identification and will be driving BPU vehicles.
The Federal government requires all water departments in the country to complete an inventory of water line materials entering homes and buildings by October, 2024. BPU water and customer service field employees have been stopping at residences, asking for entrance to identify the pipe material of incoming water lines, take pictures of the materials and add the information to the utility’s inventory.
Approximately 16,000 water services exist in BPU territory, and half of the incoming water lines still need to be identified and photographed by fall.
Some BPU customers have watched the BPU-created video at https://bit.ly/checkpipes or opened the attached QR code for information and identified and photographed their own incoming water lines. The utility thanks those customers and notes that they do not need to do anything else regarding the project.
Employees also will call customers to schedule times for BPU workers to come to their residences to identify water lines. Customers may make appointments themselves by calling the BPU at 716-661-1613.
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