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Efficiently Constructing an LSL Inventory Through Document Scanning and Storage

Learn why building a Lead Service Line (LSL) inventory starts with document digitization and how digitizing records makes the work far more efficient.

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Illinois law facilitates utility access to private property for LSL replacement

Illinois law requires property owners to grant utilities access for private-side replacement in cities with populations over 1 million or when replacements are offered at no direct cost. The bill also allows any legal occupant to grant access when a property owner is unresponsive.

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Automatic Enrollment Case Study: Detroit’s Policies Accelerate Replacements

This blog highlights how the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department (DWSD) implemented automatic enrollment policies to effectively engage whole neighborhoods to access properties and accelerate lead service line replacements (LSLR).

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Municipal Strategies for Increasing Enrollment in LSLR Programs: Webinar Recording and Takeaways

The LSLR Collaborative recently hosted a webina featuring Detroit Water and Sewerage Department (DWSD), Milwaukee Water Works (MWW), and the Environmental Policy Innovation Center (EPIC). The webinar discussed utility strategies for efficiently engaging households and gaining access to private-side lead service lines (LSL) for replacement.

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Louisiana enables water utilities to access private property for LSL replacement

Louisiana law authorizes municipalities to adopt ordinances enabling municipal water systems access to private property to conduct private side replacements with prior notice.

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Tennessee enables utilities to access private property for LSL replacement

Tennessee law authorizes water utility access to private property to conduct private side replacements.

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Virgina authroizes utility access to private property for LSL inventories

Virginia law allows water utilities to access private property for LSL inventories

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How Pittsburgh Fixed Its Water Crisis!

Pittsburgh has transformed a 2016 lead water crisis into a national model, replacing over 13,000 lead service lines with an innovative trenchless method that swaps them for copper, minimizing disruption to homes.

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Influencing Policy Development

This toolkit provides guidance for bringing about policy change in organizations and communities.

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Building Blocks of Trust: Creating Authentic and Equitable Relationships Between Community Organizations and Water Utilities

The Building Blocks of Trust Self-Paced Training Series covers the “Foundations of Trust” needed to build those trust-based relationships.

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Milwaukee is one of the few cities in the country with a prioritization plan to ensure neighborhoods likely to suffer the most severe impacts from lead poisoning get their pipes replaced first. In consultation with a community-based group, Coalition for Lead Emergency (COLE), and following a public engagement process, Milwaukee included in an ordinance three indicators to prioritize where LSLs will be removed first:

  1. The area deprivation index (ADI), which is a compilation of social determinants of health
  2. The percentage of children found to have elevated lead levels in their blood when tested for lead poisoning
  3. The density of lead service lines in the neighborhood.

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