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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What Cities Need to Know about Lead Service Line Replacement Requirements – and How to Fund It

Guidance for local governments to comply with the EPA’s Lead and Copper Rule Revisions (LCRR) and Improvements (LCRI). Outlining regulatory requirements, strategies for public communication and risk management, and offering resources to support communities.

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City of Wausau celebrates their 1,000th lead service line removal

City of Wausau celebrates their 1,000th lead service line removal

City officials gathered with partners and community members to celebrate the city’s 1000th lead service line removal.

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Building Trust Through the Airwaves: How Benton Harbor Used Community Radio to Tackle Lead Pipe Replacement

Benton Harbor Solutions hosted a community-led radio show that shared information on city efforts to replace lead service lines.

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Milwaukee’s Complete Streets Resolution

Milwaukee passed a resolution in 2018 requires green stormwater infrastructure to be incorporated into street and sidewalk projects.

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Disclosure of Information of Lead in Drinking Water in Real Estate Transactions

A compendium of examples where disclosure laws and ordinances have been adopted across the country.

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Engaging with the Community on Lead Service Lines

Information for water systems on how to keep their community engaged and informed on LSLR.

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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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Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Grant Application Bootcamp

This tool allows utilities to assess the business case for implementing a discount program for low-income customers to help provide safe and affordable water and sanitation to everyone in their communities.

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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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