Category: Case Study

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Milwaukee Water Works Lead Pipes – Prioritization Program

Milwaukee Water Works (MWW) is expanding its lead service line replacement program to prioritize neighborhoods with the greatest need by assigning priority scores to each census block.

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Building Trust Through the Airwaves: How Benton Harbor Used Community Radio to Tackle Lead Pipe Replacement

Benton Harbor Solutions hosted a community-led radio show that shared information on city efforts to replace lead service lines.

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Milwaukee’s Lead Pipe Program Boosts Local Jobs & Apprenticeships

Milwaukee Water Works requires that 40% of lead pipe replacement work go to RPP participants, with larger contracts prioritizing those in high-poverty areas.

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LSLR Financing Case Study: Green Bay, WI

The City of Green Bay used Lambeau Field stadium tax revenue to help pay for private lead service line replacement.

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Area Deprivation Index

A data-driven approach to prioritize neighborhoods for LSLR

Milwaukee uses an Area Deprivation Index to prioritize neighborhoods for LSLR.

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Information for Utilities on Lead Service Replacement

Madison, WI replaced all lead service lines (private and public), using a program that reimbursed customers up to a fixed amount. Reimbursements were funded with revenue water tower antenna rental revenue.

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Line Replacement Reimbursement Program

Pittsburgh Water has a reimbursement program where households that voluntarily and proactively replaced private service lines are eligible for a reimbursement or stipend offsetting upfront replacement costs. Subsidies in the program are available for income-qualified residents; however, all customers can receive a $1000 stipend.

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Lead FAQs: When can I get my lead service line replaced?

Greater Cincinnati Water Works collaborated with the University of Cincinnati to develop a Prioritization model.

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DC Water 2023 LSLR Plan: Prioritization for the Block-By-Block Program

DC Water uses a model to prioritize LSLR in disadvantaged communities that are already marginalized, underserved, and overburdened by pollution.

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Jacobs Hires University Students to Inventory Wisconsin’s Lead Service Lines and Meet Federal Deadlines

The Freshwater Collaborative of Wisconsin, along with Jacobs Engineering and UW Oshkosh, hired students to collect service line information.

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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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