Category: Policy Analysis

Replacing lead pipes at construction site

Municipal Strategies For Full Lead Service Line Replacement: Lessons From Across The United States – Lead Service Line Replacement With Water Infrastructure Improvement Projects

This article highlights how water systems are successfully performing LSL removals, including coordinating LSLR with other construction activities.

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Testing water for lead at home

New study: Homebuyers and renters take action when told they may have a lead service line

A Cornell and EDF study found that informing prospective homebuyers and renters about lead service lines significantly increases their willingness to take action, regardless of how the information is presented.

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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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