Kalispell nearing completion of lead service line inventory

Kalispell is nearing completion of the municipality’s water service line inventory — per a federal mandate — but the material hundreds of lines are made up of remains unknown.

Out of roughly 10,000 water service lines inventoried, 41 were found to be lead, 15 were made of galvanized material and 573 lines are listed as unknown, according to a report from City Manager Doug Russell.  

City officials will continue identifying the unknown lines over the next year, he wrote in the report.