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Guidance on Lead Service Line Replacement Plans

VT DEC requires specific prioritization factors beyond the minimum requirement established in the LCRI that give additional priority to high-risk groups. They also include a list of suggested prioritization factors to increase the public health benefit of LSLR programs.

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Neighborhood Atlas®: Area Deprivation Index

The Area Deprivation Index includes factors like income, education, employment, and housing quality to generate rankings of neighborhoods by socioeconomic disadvantage at the state or national level.

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Guide to Equity Analysis

This guide compiles recommendations for how to implement an equitable LSLR program, including data sources to use in prioritization decisions.

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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 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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Lead in Drinking Water Fact Sheet

This Connecticut Department of Public Health fact sheet explains how lead can enter drinking water, outlines associated health risks and offers practical steps to reduce exposure.

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Lead in Drinking Water Safety Tips

This video offers practical steps to reduce exposure to lead in drinking water.

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Illinois Works Apprenticeship Initiative

The Illinois Works Apprenticeship Initiative requires that apprentices perform at least 10% of labor hours on public projects over $500,000 funded by state capital, promoting workforce development through state contracts, grants, and loans

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Forms for Public Water Systems – Lead and Copper Rule

Maryland Dept. of Environment provides a variety for lead service line public education.

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Michigan water systems must cover the costs of private-side LSLR

Michigan requires water suppliers to replace the entire LSL and to cover the costs of private-side replacements. Mich. Admin. Code R. 325.10604f

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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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