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Rates could fund lead pipe replacement in critical states
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Rates could fund lead pipe replacement in critical states: Laws in states with the most lead service lines support the practice

This review of 13 states with the most lead service lines found no likely legal barriers to using ratepayer funds for replacing lines on private property.

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Yuliya Lapatkova April 1, 2019 0

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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