Category: Case Study

Water pipe materials

Learn More: How to Identify Pipe Material

Louisville Water Company posted an educational video to demonstrate how to identify material types in customer’s homes.

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New Jersey removes lead pipes

Removing Service Lines in New Jersey

This article celebrates the kick-off of Passaic Valley’s LSLR program setting a goal to remove all LSLs in 2025.

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Water pipe with lead corrosion

Jacobs Hires University Students to Inventory Wisconsin’s Lead Service Lines and Meet Federal Deadlines

The Freshwater Collaborative of Wisconsin, along with Jacobs Engineering and UW Oshkosh, hired students to collect service line information.

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Milwaukee workforce

Milwaukee’s Lead Pipe Replacement Is Boosting Workforce Development

Milwaukee’s LSLR program is boosting workforce development by requiring contractors to hire 40% of their workforce from disadvantaged zip codes.

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Work for Water

Work for Water

Milwaukee Water Works has education and training programs to create pipelines for careers in water. This program has also compiled a list of local colleges and programs that can help job seekers earn a career in water.

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Grand Rapids water career program

Water Career Program

The City of Grand Rapids partnered with Grand Rapids Community College and Bay College to introduce high school students and adult learners to water and wastewater careers.

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Denver Lead Reduction Program

What is Denver Water’s Lead Reduction Program?

Denver Water uses federal funding, rates, bonds, and other sources to cover the cost of full lead service line replacement.

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Woman pouring filtered water

Lead Reduction Program: Community Engagement

Denver Water has partnered with trusted community organizations to engage and share information about their Lead Reduction Program._x000D_

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#419GetTheLeadOut

#419GetTheLeadOut

Junction Coalition, a community-based organization, helped provide the public perspective and door canvassing alongside the water utility in Toledo.

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DC Water stakeholders

DC Water Stakeholder Alliance welcomes new members to collaborate on key issues

The DC Water Stakeholder Alliance brings together residents, elected officials, community organizations, and businesses to provide input on water infrastructure projects, including lead service line replacement.

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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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