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What to expect from a lead service line replacement program

Lead service line replacement programs are a collaboration between the utility and customers. This article provides a general overview of replacement programs.

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LSL Replacement: Outreach Materials

Examples of the types of outreach materials water utilities need to communicate effectively about LSL replacement.

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Efficiently Constructing an LSL Inventory Through Document Scanning and Storage

Learn why building a Lead Service Line (LSL) inventory starts with document digitization and how digitizing records makes the work far more efficient.

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Automatic Enrollment Case Study: Detroit’s Policies Accelerate Replacements

This blog highlights how the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department (DWSD) implemented automatic enrollment policies to effectively engage whole neighborhoods to access properties and accelerate lead service line replacements (LSLR).

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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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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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Influencing Policy Development

This toolkit provides guidance for bringing about policy change in organizations and communities.

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Building Blocks of Trust: Creating Authentic and Equitable Relationships Between Community Organizations and Water Utilities

The Building Blocks of Trust Self-Paced Training Series covers the “Foundations of Trust” needed to build those trust-based relationships.

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Creating and Maintaining Coalitions and Partnerships

This toolkit provides guidance for partnering to address a common goal.

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Engaging Your Community: Strategies for Clear Communication and Effective Outreach

Best practices for clear communication and effective community outreach around water issues.

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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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