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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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.
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.
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.
Engaging Landlords and Tenants in Lead Service Line Replacement
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.
State SRF Policies to help Communities Fully Take Up the new Federal Funding for Lead Service Line Replacement
Three strategies states can adopt to make it easier for communities to take up the federal funding for lead service line replacement (LSLR) made available through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), also known as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL).
Lead-Free Water Challenge: What We Learned About Data Management and Lead Service Line Inventories
A spotlight on best practices in data management, ranging from building a single source of truth to digitizing records and outlining requirements for effective data management based on learnings from the lead-free water challenge.
A policy role cities can play in replacing lead pipes faster and equitably
This blog highlights how municipal ordinances can accelerate and ensure equitable lead pipe replacement by mandating full service line removal, granting right-of-entry for replacements, and providing financial assistance to homeowners.
Recognizing Efforts to Replace Lead Service Lines
This white paper outlines how 17 states were proactively supporting lead service line (LSL) replacement through policies that enable funding, mandate inventories, and promote full replacements to protect public health between 2016-2020.
Data Science for Lead Service Line Inventories Whitepaper
BlueConduit developed a whitepaper on using statistical methods for lead service line inventory (LSLI) and lead service line replacement (LSLR) planning in partnership with the Association of State Drinking Water Administrators (ASDWA).
