Los Angeles County’s Local and Targeted Worker Hiring Policy was adopted by the Board of Supervisors in October 2016 to ensure that local workers have employment opportunities on projects within their own communities. This policy sets a goal to hire 30% Local Workers and 10% Targeted Workers on all County capital and construction projects valued at $500,000 or more.
The Lead Service Replacement (LSR) Apprenticeship Program is a paid workforce training program designed to prepare individuals for high-paying careers in construction, with a focus on lead service line replacement.
For a residence in the District, if DC Water’s Lead Map shows that the private portion of the service pipe is lead, galvanized, or brass, and the public portion is not, the residential property owner is eligible for the Lead Pipe Replacement Assistance Program (LPRAP).
The Baltimore County Department of Public Works & Transportation (DPWT) is providing free replacements for customer-side lead water service lines.
This EPA initiative aims to help states and communities nation-wide to access to water infrastructure funding and eliminate potential barriers to lead pipe removal.
Denver Water uses federal funding, rates, bonds, and other sources to cover the cost of full lead service line replacement.
Denver Water has partnered with trusted community organizations to engage and share information about their Lead Reduction Program._x000D_
Pennsylvania COSTARs program enables cooperative purchasing to pre-procure materials for lead service line replacement work which has helped systems like Erie Water Works to realize cost and time savings.
Junction Coalition, a community-based organization, helped provide the public perspective and door canvassing alongside the water utility in Toledo.
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:
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