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.
This toolkit provides guidance for bringing about policy change in organizations and communities.
The Building Blocks of Trust Self-Paced Training Series covers the “Foundations of Trust” needed to build those trust-based relationships.
This toolkit provides guidance for partnering to address a common goal.
Best practices for clear communication and effective community outreach around water issues.
EPA Office of Water hosted a series of quarterly webinars highlighting challenges and successes in lead service line identification and replacement.
Guidance on how to engage with city or township officials to influence decision-making.
Get the names and contact information for the people who represent you on the federal, state, and local levels.
A guide to community drinking water advocacy and resources for engaging on local water issues.
Community Water Center launched the Community Water Leaders Network to address systemic exclusion of low-income, rural communities of color in water decision making.
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:
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