Yesterday they came around checking every house’s water system for old lead pipes. They have already replaced everything to the meter and now they are checking the house side.

I’m glad they are doing it but they must have a lot of free time. This morning’s news said that most the US still has lead pipes in the water distribution network (not counting houses themselves).

Still surprises me that so many people are comfortable with private utilities.

I have no reason to think this but that’d be great cover for a surveillance van checking tapes or something

A legitimate possibility around here but the Zuckerberg family lives a few blocks away s I doubt there'd be much available sigint from here.

I think it's more likely that Palo Alto Public Works is a little overstaffed, which TBH is fine by me.