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Automatic Enrollment Isn’t New—It’s Time to Apply It to Lead Pipe Replacement

Automatic enrollment has proven effective in utility upgrades like AMI—and applying the same model to lead service line replacement could streamline access, boost participation, and speed up progress.

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Guidance

Coordination of Replacement Activity

This resource provides strategies for coordinating public and private-side replacements, reducing disruptions, and improving communication with residents

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Tools & Guides Maps

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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Aqua to begin second phase of downtown Struthers water main replacement.

Aqua to begin second phase of downtown Struthers water main replacement. What to know

Aqua plans on replacing lead pipes found during water main replacements in Struthers, OH at no direct cost to the homeowner.

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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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LSLR Financing Case Studies

The EPA compiled 10 case studies highlighting proactive actions being taken by cities across the country to finance projects that identify and remove these lead service lines.

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Lessons from Four Illinois Mayors Interviews

We interviewed mayors and utility staff from four Illinois communities who are working to comply with the Illinois state mandate to replace lead service lines.

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A New Era For Water Management: Harnessing GIS Innovations And Collaboration For A Resilient Future

Hopeworks equips interns with the skills to develop models, analyze data, and create visualizations, to support water utilities in need of technical support with service line inventory and replacement projects.

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Texas SmartBuy Membership Program

Texas SmartBuy Membership Program

A service from the Texas Comptroller’s office, the state purchasing cooperative promotes best value procurements through state contract usage at the local level.

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USDA loan helps replace lead water lines in Kingsford

USDA loan helps replace lead water lines in Kingsford

Kingsford secured a USDA loan to remove lead service lines.

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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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