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Reading, PA: Lead Service Line Database

EPIC assisted RAWA by developing a data extraction tool to analyze digital customer notes in an effort to inventory and replace lead service lines (LSL) in compliance with the Lead and Copper Rule Revisions (LCRR).

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Avondale

Avondale, PA: Lead Service Line Inventory

EPIC assisted Avondale, PA with performing their LSL inventory customer outreach in English and Spanish by contracting with The Garage, a community youth organization.

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Funding

Wisconsin allows principal forgiveness be granted to investor-owned water utilities

Wisconsin Act 8 expands the Safe Drinking Water Loan Program to allow principal forgiveness to a private owner of a community water system if the loans are for lead service line replacement.

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Checklist

Interlocal Agreement (ILA) tool

This tool is designed to guide local government units engage in regional partnerships related to the provision of water/wastewater service.

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Get the Lead Out Initiative

This EPA initiative aims to help states and communities nation-wide to access to water infrastructure funding and eliminate potential barriers to lead pipe removal.

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What to Expect Lead Service Line Replacement

What to Expect: Lead Service Line Replacement

​Curious about how lead service line replacement works? Watch the video to see the process in action, including what happens before, during, and after replacement.

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What Cities Need to Know about Lead Service Line Replacement Requirements – and How to Fund It

Guidance for local governments to comply with the EPA’s Lead and Copper Rule Revisions (LCRR) and Improvements (LCRI). Outlining regulatory requirements, strategies for public communication and risk management, and offering resources to support communities.

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City of Wausau celebrates their 1,000th lead service line removal

City of Wausau celebrates their 1,000th lead service line removal

City officials gathered with partners and community members to celebrate the city’s 1000th lead service line removal.

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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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