Mayor’s Roadmap Checklist
This checklist summarizes the six key priorities to guide mayors and city leaders on how to replace lead pipes in their communities within 10 years and protect their residents from lead in drinking water.
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Financial Plan Checklist for Lead Service Line Replacement
This checklist provides a step-by-step guide to developing a thoughtful financial plan for long-term success of your LSLR program.
Automatic Enrollment Policies Can Make Lead Service Line Replacement Projects More Efficient and Expedient
This blog explains how automatic enrollment policies to streamline lead service line replacement programs, reducing customer barriers and administrative burdens to accelerate the delivery of safe drinking water.
Milwaukee’s Lead Pipe Program Boosts Local Jobs & Apprenticeships
Milwaukee Water Works requires that 40% of lead pipe replacement work go to RPP participants, with larger contracts prioritizing those in high-poverty areas.
Minnesota statute requires allows the use of state funding to repay loans
Minnesota’s Lead Service Line Replacement Grant Program prioritizes the use grant funds to repay loans incurred for LSLR including DWSRF loans. Minn. Stat. 446A.077 §4(a).
Wisconsin Lead Service Line Replacement Program – BIL Funding Amendment to SFY 2023 SDWLP Intended Use Plan
Wisconsin’s SFY23 Intended Use Plan (IUP) made additional financial assistance for inventory available through set-aside funds (p. 1).
State of Pennsylvania – Drinking Water State Revolving Loan Fund Intended Use Plan (IUP) – SFY 2022
The state’s SFY22 IUP assgined additional priority points based economic development criteria promoting job creation (Attachment 1, p. 2).
State of Wisconsin –Safe Drinking Water Loan Program Intended Use Plan for the SFY 2025 Funding Cycle
The SFY25 IUP limits SRF funding to projects that fully remove lead components (p. 18). It also allows multi-year applications for lead line replacements (p. 20), prioritizes collaborative applicants (p. 13), and offers principal forgiveness for private-side work and filters (p. 19).
New Jersey law requires full LSLR
New Jersey requires the replacement of all lead and galvanized service lines, including the private portion, and enables water utilities to recover private-side replacement costs through water rates. P.L. 2021 c.183 §5 (a-b).
Indiana enables municipalities to mandate LSLR, implement automatic enrollment, customer opt-out and occupant-permitted access
State law expressly allows municipalities to mandate replacement as part of their LSLR program. Ind. Code Ann. § 8-1-31.6-6. It also permitsdefault enrollment by requiring proof of replacement. Ind. Code Ann. § 8-1-31.6-6(d)(2),(4).Utilities can access private property if landlords are unresponsive Ind. Code Ann. § 8-1-31.6-6(d)(2) and may disconnect service if owners block replacement work Ind. Code § 8-1-31.6-6(d)(4).
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