This policy brief synthesizes practices and policies from cities and utilities that are creatively combining traditional and non-traditional funding and financing mechanisms to overcome legal, financial, and logistical barriers to covering LSL replacement costs.
This report on earmarks provides thoughtful, compelling data and policy analyses to support actionable recommendations for how Congress could make earmarking less harmful to their own states.
This report examines both successes and barriers in New York’s early efforts to replace LSLs and identifies policy solutions to accelerate progress, increase public health protections, and ensure compliance with federal requirements
New Jersey lawd requires landlords to disclose lead service line risks, prevents them from obstructing replacements, and guarantees tenants free lead-water testing upon request. It also directs state agencies to provide clear public guidance on lead hazards and prevention.
Wisconsin Act 8 expands the Safe Drinking Water Loan Program to allow principal forgiveness to a private owner of a community water system if the loans are for lead service line replacement.
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.
This whitepaper outlines how automatic enrollment policies can streamline lead service line replacement (LSLR) programs.
Common scenarios that water systems encounter when replacing lead service lines (LSLs) and how automatic enrollment policies help expedite replacements in each one.
Milwaukee Water Works (MWW) is expanding its lead service line replacement program to prioritize neighborhoods with the greatest need by assigning priority scores to each census block.
This blog explains how automatic enrollment policies to streamline lead service line replacement programs, reducing customer barriers and administrative burdens to accelerate the delivery of safe drinking water.
The purpose of the Lead Innovation Hub is to empower users to take action by equipping them with the best information, solutions, and resources available to replace lead pipes and improve public health for all.
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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