Benton Harbor Team Solutions Radio

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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The Garage Community Youth Center

The Garage Community and Youth Center

Thanks to support from The Garage Community and Youth Center volunteers, the Borough of Avondale achieved an 80% customer response rate for service line inventory information.

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After Lead Service Line Replacement/Después Del Reemplazo De La Línea De Servicio De Plomo

Denver Water develops outreach materials, such as factsheets on activities after lead service line replacement in English and Spanish.

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Greater Cincinnati Water Works (GCWW) Programa de Reemplazo de Tuberías de Plomo (Español)

Greater Cincinnati Water Works factsheet explaining their lead service line program in Spanish

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Lead and Drinking Water Portal

Missouri American Water online portal that allows customers to schedule appointments with contractors directly.

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Lead Help Desk

Pittsburgh Wate’s Lead Help Desk lists a phone number and email address avialble for customers to voice questions and concerns.

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Getting to Yes: How effective engagement with residents can ease lead service line replacement Challenges

This report emphasizes that effective resident engagement, marketing, and public education strategies—through clear communication and addressing homeowner concerns—is crucial for overcoming barriers and accelerating lead service line replacement efforts.

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Coalition Lead Emergency

Coalition on Lead Emergency

The Milwaukee Coalition on Lead Emergency (COLE) has been active in advising the city on a variety of issues related to lead service line replacement, including the city’s equity plan._x000D_

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Pittsburgh North Shore

Community Lead Response Advisory Committee

Pittsburgh Water established the Community Lead Response Advisory Committee to help best serve customers during the lead service line replacement process.

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DC Water stakeholders

DC Water Stakeholder Alliance welcomes new members to collaborate on key issues

The DC Water Stakeholder Alliance brings together residents, elected officials, community organizations, and businesses to provide input on water infrastructure projects, including lead service line replacement.

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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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