Amsterdam, replace immediately, all hot water pipes in the city

The city of Amsterdam makes an inventory of all municipal buildings from before the 1960's, and replaces it by a direct hot water supply lines. In addition, priority will be given to kindergartens and schools, in writing, to be responsible alderman Laurens Ivens and the Right Kukenheim on Monday, in a letter to the city council.

In the fourteen buildings has recently been a lot of lead in drinking water are found, including those in day care centers. It is estimated that, in the town of thousands of houses and other buildings from before the 1960's with the lead piping. The majority of the homes has since been at least one of a time of intensive renovation, in which lead pipes have been replaced. The remainder of the hot water piping but also as quickly as possible, turned around.

in the houses in the Village of Nieuwendam, and the Village of Buiksloot in the Amsterdam district of Noord, lead was detected in the drinking water. A large part of these houses is the property of the Directors. The housing corporation currently has about of 6,300 dwellings, nearly eight hundred water samples and 8 million euro has been set aside for the replacement of the pipes.

finally, The corporation expects that it will be two to three years it takes to get all of the lead piping, in the North, to be replaced. Supply advises homeowners to have the extra taps, or buitenkraantjes to place it in areas where the cleanup longer and longer to take.

the owner of a property is responsible for the replacement of lead water pipes. If, however, this decline may be that the church is currently at the base of the Building does not step in. Amsterdam is the country of rules in this regard need to be adjusted, so that the owner can be required to plumb the pipes to be replaced. This is the church that is in dialogue with the relevant government departments.