‘I’d be shocked if we didn’t find a few’: Kansas City’s hunt for lead pipes is on

By: Suzanne King

Outlets: Missouri Independent

Published: February 16, 2026

Words: 1,775

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 6 days ago

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An inventory of Kansas City’s water service lines hasn’t turned up any lead pipes yet, but that doesn’t mean the city is finished looking — or out of the woods.

KC Water’s initial investigation, which involved searching public records like building permits and other filings, found that almost three-quarters of the city’s 178,000 service lines are not lead. But the materials used for 24,827 lines remain unknown, and 22,951 are made of galvanized steel …

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