New Jersey Lead Service Line Inventory Trends

Early Trends in Lead Service Line Inventories: Reflections from New Jersey

This report examined quantitative data on lead service line (LSL) replacements and contextualized it through case studies of five New Jersey water systems.

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City of Akron. Photo by: Drew Scofield, News 5.

City of Akron removes last lead service line

Akron has completed the removal of all lead service lines, becoming one of the first major U.S. cities to be lead-free.

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City of Cynthiana

Cynthiana, KY – City completes removal of lead piping

The City of Cynthiana has removed all of its lead piping, as of January 2, 2026.

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Water Infrastructure Spending Dashboard

This dashboard provides an overview of SRF spending in New Jersey.

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Michigan State Revolving Fund Dashboard

This dashboard allows users to explore all SRF funded projects in the state of Michigan.

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Wastewater utilities

Regional Partnership Program: A Community-Led Approach

The paper examines how voluntary regional collaboration (e.g., informal cooperation, contractual assistance, joint regional entities, and consolidation) can help strengthen water and wastewater systems serving small and rural communities.

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Lead Pipe Replacement Assistance Program

For a residence in the District, if DC Water’s Lead Map shows that the private portion of the service pipe is lead, galvanized, or brass, and the public portion is not, the residential property owner is eligible for the Lead Pipe Replacement Assistance Program (LPRAP).

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From Inventory to Action: Countdown to the 2027 LCRI Deadline

This article provides a comprehensive roadmap for utilities to achieve compliance, including inventory, planning, financing and strategic execution.

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Auburn LSL Potholing Eligibility, an Application Built with ArcGIS Experience Builder

Potholing and GIS: Prioritization Planning for Lead Service Line Replacement

This article provides an example of how water utilities can combine, GIS, predictive modeling, and physical verification to plan and prioritize replacements.

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Wilmington Delaware

Wilmington Water Launches Updated Service Line Map, Begins Outreach for Lead Testing

Wilmington Water announces updates to its Line Map and announces the replacement of nearly 1,000 service lines.

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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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