lead levels in water

[Wonkywinky]

Well... Pretty outing if anyone knows me.
So last week we had gritty bits of what looked like rust in our water
Contacted supplier who quickly came and looked and flushed the system.
No more bits hurrahhhh.
Then out the blue they came back 4 days later to take water samples. Protocol no problem .
We weren't concerned as no more bits .
This afternoon the water suppliers public health person phones me to say DO NOT drink your water .
It has V V high levels of lead .
Should be 10 or less ours are 154.
She was keen to tell me if it's due to a lead pipe on our property we are responsible to pay for replacing.
She said she would send an email with next steps but I think said sampling will be next to locate source.
She was also organising urgent bottled water.
Neither have happened.
I messaged the water supplier and an engineer will phone tomorrow.
Anyone else been through this?
AIBU to think we've been left a little in the dark.
I mean is 154 V dangerous .
Can we wash etc.
Anyway interested to see if anyone else has had this and how it panned out

It might be worth contacting the GP and telling them what you have been told and enquiring as to whether a blood test would be appropriate

Lead poisoning takes a long time and builds up over weeks and months possibly not showing signs for years and is particularly dangerous for pregnant women and children.

Have you lived there long? If you have low level exposure then it's possible not to be poisoned.

In the short term you can run your kitchen cold tap if it's not been used for a while. When I worked in the water industry we used to say run the water a litre per metre (so if your kitchen tap is 20 metres from the street you need to run 20 litres).
If you are in a hard water area then lead isn't such a problem because the limescale forms a coating on the inside of water pipes and creates a barrier.
The only long term solution though is to replace the supply pipe up to and into your house. We did ours for the cost of hiring a man with a mini digger. You will need to check current requirements for how to do it. We also noticed improved water pressure as our old lead pipe was riddled with holes to the extent that it was like a lake below the floorboards.

7 stage reverse osmose filter with reminalisation. I have been enjoying it for the last 10 years.