Category: Initiative

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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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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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The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania’s Cooperative Purchasing Program (COSTARs)

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.

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Lead FAQs: When can I get my lead service line replaced?

Greater Cincinnati Water Works collaborated with the University of Cincinnati to develop a Prioritization model.

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Environmental Finance Centers

EPA has selected 29 Environmental Finance Centers (EFCs) to deliver targeted technical assistance to local governments, states, Tribes, Territories, and non-governmental organizations to protect public health and safeguard the environment. Under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, the selected EFCs will help communities access federal funding for water infrastructure improvements.

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Community Technical, Managerial, and Financial (TMF) Support for Lead Line Replacement Grant

The TMF program’s goal is to better position communities to take advantage of Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) DWSRF dollars for lead line replacement, which are available through Fiscal Year 2027.

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H2Ohio –Lead Service Line Assessment & Replacement

H2Ohio – Lead Service Line Assessment & Replacement

Ohio EPA funds lead pipe replacement in communities and daycare centers, as well as mapping efforts to identify these hazardous lines.

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Trenton Water Works LSLR Program

Trenton Water Works automatically enrolls all addresses with suspected LSLs into its replacement program.

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New Residential Service Line Maintenance Program

Dixon automatically enrolls eligible homeowners in the water pipe Repair Program which covers repairs to leaking underground residential water service pipes when the leak occurs between the water main and the exterior shut-off box.

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Residential Water Line Insurance Program

St. Charles’ Water Line Insurance Program automatically enrolls eligible homeowners. This program acts as an "insurance policy" on water service lines to their homes, reimbursing up to $3,000 per property.

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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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