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 exposure 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:
- the area deprivation index (ADI), which is a compilation of social determinants of health;
- the percentage of children found to have elevated lead levels in their blood when tested for lead poisoning;
- the density of lead service lines in the neighborhood.
Read more here to learn more about Milwaukee’s LSLR prioritization.
