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The City of Oshkosh requires LSLR

The city of Oshkosh requires existing lead service lines that are connected to the city’s water system to be replaced. Oshkosh Mun. Code §20-13 (f).

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The City of Milwaukee mandates LSLR

The city of Milwaukee mandates lead service line replacements based on its general municipal authority and its authority to regulate water connections to houses. Milwaukee Code of Ordinances: Plumbing and Drainage–Lead Service Line Replacement §225-22.5(3).

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Newark lead service line replacement

Newark enables automatic enrollment & private property access

Newark, NJ enables default enrollment and allows utilities to access private property to replace lead service lines in the event of non-responsive owners, City of Newark Municipal Code §16:23-4.

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Trenton Water Works LSLR Program

Trenton Water Works automatically enrolls all addresses with suspected LSLs into its replacement program.

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Water service line maintenance

New Residential Service Line Maintenance Program

Dixon automatically enrolls eligible homeowners in the water pipe Repair Program which covers repairs to leaking underground residential water service pipes when the leak occurs between the water main and the exterior shut-off box.

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St. Charles community water line replacement

Residential Water Line Insurance Program

St. Charles’ Water Line Insurance Program automatically enrolls eligible homeowners. This program acts as an "insurance policy" on water service lines to their homes, reimbursing up to $3,000 per property.

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Jersey City

Jersey City requires owners to sign right of entry

Jersey City requires owners to sign a right of entry form or face penalties, Jersey City Ordinance 23-022(C).

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New York City requires proof of customer compliance with lead paint abatement to opt-out

NYC’s Lead-paint hazard abatement program requires proof that an apartment is lead free or that the owner complies with an abatement order. NYC Admin. Code § 27-2056.5 and § 27-2056.7.

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The City of Newark allows occupant-permitted LSLR

Newark allows occupant permitted LSLRs and holds the occupant and city harmless, City of Newark Municipal Code §16:23-5(a)(1).

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Milwaukee LSL Replacement Program

City of Milwaukee Lead Service Line Replacement Program

Milwaukee Water Works coordinates LSLR work with water main replacements.

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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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