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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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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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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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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Lead and Drinking Water Portal

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

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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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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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Transparency in action: Map of public LSL replacement programs

EDF’s map spotlights lead service line replacement programs across the country, including financial assistance for private side replacements

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Lead Pipes and Environmental Justice. A study of lead pipe replacement in Washington, DC

This report found that lead pipe replacement programs in Washington, DC disproportionately benefited wealthier, predominantly white neighborhoods, leaving low-income and minority communities at greater risk of lead exposure due to the financial burden of replacing private service lines.

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From the ground up: A guide to replacing the nation’s toxic lead pipes over the next decade

This report provides best practices for lead service line replacement based on lessons learned from the Lead-Free Water Challenge.

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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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