Category: Case Study

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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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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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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Revolutionizing Lead Service Line Removal: A Milestone for Detroit’s Water Infrastructure

The City of Detroit has leveraged predictive modeling to achieve a 75% decrease in its proposed project schedule, assess communities most at risk, and reduce the estimated number of lead service lines from 120,000 to 80,000.

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LCRR Data Management, Service Line Material Prediction, and Interactive Dashboards for the Middlesex Water Company

Middlesex Water Company leveraged predictive modeling to reduce their unknowns by 40%, saving significant effort and rapidly identifying inventory materials.

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Baltimore awards $7.6 million contract for lead water line inspections

The City of Baltimore is leveraging in-pipe lead detection methods to identify lead service lines in their distribution system.

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Iowa legislature introduces a LSL real estate disclosure bill

In 2024, the Iowa legislature introduced a bill requiring that the presence of lead service lines be disclosed in real estate transactions. H.F. 442.

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Rhode Island requires disclosure of LSLs for home sales and rentals

Rhode Island law requires the disclosure of lead exposure hazards and potential lead exposure hazards in a residential dwelling, dwelling unit, or premise that is offered for sale or lease. R.I. Gen. Laws § 23-24.6-16

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Disclosure of Information of Lead in Drinking Water in Real Estate Transactions

A compendium of examples where disclosure laws and ordinances have been adopted across the country.

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New Jersey Residential Lead Plumbing Disclosure

State law requires property condition disclosure statements to include a question P.L. 2021, Ch. 264 §1 (b)(3).

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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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