Water Main and Lead Service Replacement Program

In 2022, The City of Hastings implemented a water main replacement program. Hastings has about 205 miles of water main. Parts of the system are aging (up to 140 years old), undersized, and the rate of pipe failures has doubled in the last 20 years. To address these challenges, it is the City’s goal to replace 1% of our water main system annually. Initial focus is to replace 4 inch, cast iron water main in residential areas as it is some of the oldest in the system and also the smallest. New main installments will primarily be 8” ductile iron pipe.

In conjunction with the main replacement, the city is also removing lead water service lines in those same neighborhoods. There are currently about 1500 lead water service lines in Hastings. A two-person crew was hired in 2022 with the exclusive purpose of lead water service replacement. The goal is to have all lead water services replaced in 10 years.