Category: Legislation

Lead pipes

New Jersey law requires full LSLR

New Jersey requires the replacement of all lead and galvanized service lines, including the private portion, and enables water utilities to recover private-side replacement costs through water rates. P.L. 2021 c.183 §5 (a-b).

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The Ohio legislature introduced a bill to remove all LSLs in 15 years

In 2024 the state legislature introduced a bill setting a 15-year timeline to replace all lead services lines in the state. H.B. 534

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New York introduces the Lead Pipe Replacement Act

In 2025, the New York legislature introduced a bill setting a 10 year timeline for the state to replace all lead service lines, requiring water utilities to cover the full cost of private-side LSLR, and enabling occupant-permitted consent, and for LSL. S.6892/A.7878.

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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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