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Wisconsin Lead Service Line Replacement Program – BIL Funding Amendment to SFY 2023 SDWLP Intended Use Plan

Wisconsin’s SFY23 Intended Use Plan (IUP) made additional financial assistance for inventory available through set-aside funds (p. 1).

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Yuliya Lapatkova November 1, 2022 0
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State of Indiana SFY23 DWSRF IUP – Lead Service Line Replacement Program

The state’s SFY23 Intended Use Plan (IUP) set-aside 10% of LSLR funds for Technical Assistance to complete LSL inventories (p. 8).

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Yuliya Lapatkova August 31, 2022 0
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State of Indiana Drinking Water SRF Lead Service Line Replacement Program Intended Use Plan SFY 2023

Indiana’s SRF program offered 0% interest rates for lead service line replacement projects (p. 9).

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Yuliya Lapatkova August 31, 2022 0

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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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