Elgin saved $1.2 million on its 2023 contract to replace lead water service lines, money that will be poured back into the city’s ongoing effort to remove pipelines at about 10,000 homes.
Engaging landlords and tenants is essential to ensure equitable and effective lead service line replacement, especially in rental properties where children face the greatest risk.
Port Byron engaged college students to go door-to-door to complete the service line inventory.
This report analyzes how payment schedules in environmental “Pay for Success” contracts influence project outcomes and offers recommendations to optimize risk-sharing and financial incentives for improved conservation results.
Greater Cincinnati Water Works collected customer testimonials from successful lead service line replacement to boost their program’s visibility.
Indiana’s SFY24 Intended Use Plan (IUP) includes long-term goals to “ensure that the CWSRF Loan Program and its participants comply as required with Disadvantaged Business Enterprise fair share objectives” (p.9) and set-aside funding to support Indiana Water Alliance’s apprenticeship programs (p. 12).
Six strategies for state administrators to integrate equitable workforce development into State Revolving Fund programs, ensuring that water infrastructure investments create inclusive job opportunities in underserved communities.
A comprehensive guide to help state and local government leaders and HR professionals create and sustain registered apprenticeship programs to address talent shortages.
EPA’s memo describes requirements and exceptions for full lead service line replacement and details exceptions for projects funded by Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF).
Mayor Carmella Montello along with Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute students went door-to-door canvassing to collect lead service line inventory data.
The purpose of the Lead Innovation Hub is to empower users to take action by equipping them with the best information, solutions, and resources available to replace lead pipes and improve public health for all.
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:
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