{"id":100304,"date":"2024-03-04T11:00:09","date_gmt":"2024-03-04T16:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2.westmount.org\/?p=100304"},"modified":"2024-03-07T16:39:34","modified_gmt":"2024-03-07T21:39:34","slug":"lead-water-testing-in-your-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.westmount.org\/en\/lead-water-testing-in-your-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Lead Water Testing in Your Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As part of <a href=\"https:\/\/www2.westmount.org\/en\/resident-zone\/road-water\/water\/lead-in-water\/#1685989258440-97ea2c9a-3f96\" class=\"broken_link\">Westmount&#8217;s campaign for the elimination of lead in drinking water<\/a>, we will be continuing our annual lead sampling programme in homes across the City during the summer of 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Only homes that have a high likelihood of being served by lead pipes are targeted by this campaign. <strong>Eligible dwellings are homes or apartment buildings of 8 units or less, built before 1971, that have not been tested by the City in previous years.\u00a0<\/strong>If your home meets these criteria, <strong>you may request water testing in your home <a href=\"https:\/\/www2.westmount.org\/en\/resident-zone\/road-water\/water\/lead-in-water\/lead-sampling-programme\/\" class=\"broken_link\">using the form on this page<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Each request is evaluated first for the home\u2019s eligibility, then requests are processed on a first come, first served basis. 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Tests are at no cost to residents, and are administered between July and September by an independent and accredited laboratory mandated by the City.<\/p>\n<p>Learn more about the City&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www2.westmount.org\/en\/resident-zone\/road-water\/water\/lead-in-water\/#1685989258435-15a46e4e-3602\" class=\"broken_link\">lead elimination campaign<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As part of Westmount&#8217;s campaign for the elimination of lead in drinking water, we will be continuing our annual lead<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":97,"featured_media":98401,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6299],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Lead Water Testing in Your Home - City of Westmount<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Lead Water Testing in Your Home - 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