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Stretching the Dollar to Get the Lead Out: Lead Service Line Contracting

This contracting guide highlights key contracting components that utilities should consider including in their programs to ensure funding is utilized effectively.

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Volunteers check for lead water pipes in Lancaster homes

Americorps volunteers help collect inventory information in Lancaster homes.

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Water Infrastructure

Governor Hochul Announces Nearly $90 Million to Replace Lead Service Lines and Protect Drinking Water Across New York

Gov. Hochul authorized the use of NY’s Clean Water, Clean Air and Green Jobs Environmental Bond Act of 2022  to repay the loan portion of awards for LSLR projects from the NY’s DWSRF.

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Changes to the Lead and Copper Rule: What Should Public Health Expect?

The National Center for Healthy Housing outlines how EPA’s updated Lead and Copper Rule mandates full lead service line replacement within 10 years, lowers the lead action level, and expands public education requirements—highlighting the critical role of public health agencies in community outreach and response.

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Milwaukee’s Formula for Lead Line Replacement

This Waterloop podcast episode highlights Milwaukee’s success in replacing LSLs.

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How far will BIL dollars go in replacing lead lines across the country?

This blog analyzes how far federal funding will go to replace toxic lead lines over the five years of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.

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Stretching the Dollar to Get the Lead Out: Good Decision-Making and Planning for Lead Service Line Cost Efficiencies

This policy brief highlights strategies that utilities and/or state agencies should consider adopting to make informed, holistic decisions when spending money on LSL programs.

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Stretching the Dollar to Get the Lead Out: Advancing Lead Service Line Programs with Low or No-Cost Policies and Practices

This policy brief highlights low or no-cost policies and practices that have proven successful for many water utilities, and can be replicated in an effort to lower the overall total price tag of lead service line replacement nationwide.

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Guidance

Factsheet: Notification of Known or Potential Service Line Containing Lead

EPA’s fact sheet outlines requirements under the 2021 Lead and Copper Rule Revisions.

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Maximizing the Impact of Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funding: Operating Principles for Establishing an Efficient and Effective Lead Service Line Replacement Program

This article outlines general principles to maximize available federal funding for lead service line replacement.

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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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