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Tapping into Success: Strategies for Effective Lead Service Line Replacement Communications

This report offers strategies for effective communication in lead service line replacement programs, emphasizing proactive community engagement to ensure safe and efficient lead pipe removal.

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Leading on Lead

Leading on Lead: Federal and New York State Policies, Funding, and Implementation of Lead Service Line Replacement

This policy brief examines the challenges of replacing lead service lines in New York State, including funding gaps, legal hurdles, and data limitations.

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State of Wisconsin Safe Drinking Water Loan Program Intended Use Plan For The SFY 2024 Funding Cycle

Wisconsin’s SFY24 Intended Use Plan (IUP) includes a short-term goal to “explore avenues to support pre-apprenticeship, registered apprenticeship, and youth training programs that open pathways to employment” (p. 4).

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Governor Walz Signs Bill Providing $240 Million to Replace Lead Pipes Across the State

Governor Walz Signs Bill Providing $240 Million to Replace Lead Pipes Across the State

The state of Minnesota dedicated $240 million for lead pipe replacement via the state’s lead service line replacement funding program.

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How new and expanded federal programs can deliver good jobs and environmental benefits

This user guide offers a comprehensive roadmap to help stakeholders leverage federal investments for infrastructure modernization, job creation, and environmental improvements across key sectors.

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Drinking Water Assistance Fund – Program Year 2023 Program Management Plan

Ohio’s SFY23 Intended Use Plan (IUP) set-aside funds 2% of LSLR funds for Technical Assistance to support small systems in complying with the Lead and Copper Rule, including inventory projects (p. 17).

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Wisconsin Lead Service Line Replacement Program – BIL Funding Amendment to SFY 2023 SDWLP Intended Use Plan

Wisconsin’s SFY23 Intended Use Plan (IUP) made additional financial assistance for inventory available through set-aside funds (p. 1).

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Rental Properties: Overcoming Barriers to Lead Service Line Replacement

This webinar explores strategies for overcoming the unique challenges of lead service line replacement in rental properties, including legal, logistical, and communication barriers.

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State of Indiana SFY23 DWSRF IUP – Lead Service Line Replacement Program

The state’s SFY23 Intended Use Plan (IUP) set-aside 10% of LSLR funds for Technical Assistance to complete LSL inventories (p. 8).

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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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