Category: Initiative

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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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Water service line maintenance

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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St. Charles community water line replacement

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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LeadCare Illinois

LeadCare Illinois

The LeadCare Illinois provides free testing, lead safety training, and support services such as education and sample collection for qualifying childcare facilities and providers, administered by their partner Elevate.

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Lead service line

Lead Elimination Assistance Program (LEAP)

VA DOH’s LEAP Program includes funding for LSLR programs and is an educational resource for homeowners and utilities on LSLR.

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Information for Utilities on Lead Service Replacement

Information for Utilities on Lead Service Replacement

Madison, WI replaced all lead service lines (private and public), using a program that reimbursed customers up to a fixed amount. Reimbursements were funded with revenue water tower antenna rental revenue.

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Line Replacement Reimbursement Program

Pittsburgh Water has a reimbursement program where households that voluntarily and proactively replaced private service lines are eligible for a reimbursement or stipend offsetting upfront replacement costs. Subsidies in the program are available for income-qualified residents; however, all customers can receive a $1000 stipend.

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EPA Water Technical Assistance

Water Technical Assistance (WaterTA)

EPA’s Water TA connects communities to experts who help assess and implement solutions for their drinking water, sewage, and stormwater needs, including LSLR.

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Federal funding

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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Area Deprivation Index

A data-driven approach to prioritize neighborhoods for LSLR

Milwaukee uses an Area Deprivation Index to prioritize neighborhoods for LSLR.

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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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