Replacing lead piping

Thorp

We have lead piping under the floor boards in our Victorian house. After a leak in these pipes, our plumber has done a temporary fix and said that the water board will replace these lead pipes for free. Is this correct and do we contact Thames Water to sort this?. Many thanks

tacpot12

Have a read of these two links. The second gives you a phone number to call: 

Lead | Water quality | Help | Thames Water
your-water-codes-of-practice.pdf (thameswater.co.uk)

phsci

That leaflet is wrong. "Lead content in drinking water. The regulatory standard for lead content in drinking water is 10 parts per million, or 10mg/l. "  The standard is actually 10 parts per billion, or 10µg/l (micrograms per litre).