Category: Video

Lead service line replacement

Municipal Strategies for Increasing Enrollment in LSLR Programs: Webinar Recording and Takeaways

The LSLR Collaborative recently hosted a webina featuring Detroit Water and Sewerage Department (DWSD), Milwaukee Water Works (MWW), and the Environmental Policy Innovation Center (EPIC). The webinar discussed utility strategies for efficiently engaging households and gaining access to private-side lead service lines (LSL) for replacement.

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Pittsburgh water crisis

How Pittsburgh Fixed Its Water Crisis!

Pittsburgh has transformed a 2016 lead water crisis into a national model, replacing over 13,000 lead service lines with an innovative trenchless method that swaps them for copper, minimizing disruption to homes.

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The Fight for Progress

The Fight for Progress: Wisconsin’s Push for Lead Pipe Replacement

The Fight for Progress is an unprecedented all-access deep dive into the complex subject of lead service line replacement in Wisconsin.

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The Big Barrier to Removing Toxic Lead Pipes

The Big Barrier to Removing Toxic Lead Pipes

The Passaic Valley Water Commission explains how New Jersey’s lead service line replacement effort is confronting a practical reality: utilities can’t replace what they can’t access.

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What to Expect Lead Service Line Replacement

What to Expect: Lead Service Line Replacement

​Curious about how lead service line replacement works? Watch the video to see the process in action, including what happens before, during, and after replacement.

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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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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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Milwaukees formula for lead service line replacement

Milwaukee’s Formula for Lead Line Replacement

This Waterloop podcast episode highlights Milwaukee’s success in replacing LSLs.

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Water Works service line replacement program

Lead Service Line Replacement Program Testimonial

Greater Cincinnati Water Works collected customer testimonials from successful lead service line replacement to boost their program’s visibility.

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Denver Water

How does Denver Water replace lead service lines

Denver Water uses a neighborhood replacement approach to optimize contractor scheduling and construction. The utility also prioritized neighborhoods based on numerous factors such as disadvantaged neighborhoods, socioeconomic indicators, and areas with high concentrations of schools, childcare facilities, and expecting families.

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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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