PWSA celebrates its 10,000th lead service line replacement
Pittsburgh Water celebrated the 10,000th line replaced in a news article to highlight the program’s success and boost community visibility.
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New Jersey American Water to Add Lead Service Line Replacement Charge to Customers’ Bills Beginning February 13, 2023
NJ American Water implemented a lead service line replacement surcharge for all its customer base to replace all lead services by 203, averaging about $3/month per residential customer.
Rationale for Utilizing Predictive Modeling to Identify Lead Service Lines
New Jersey DEP’s Division of Science and Research examined whether predictive modeling is as effective as other methods to locate lead service lines.
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.
Water Affordability Advocacy Toolkit: Affordability and Assistance Programs
This tool highlights Philadelphia Water Department’s Tiered Assistance Program (TAP) as a model affordability program (p.8).
Lead-Free Water Challenge: What We Learned About Data Management and Lead Service Line Inventories
A spotlight on best practices in data management, ranging from building a single source of truth to digitizing records and outlining requirements for effective data management based on learnings from the lead-free water challenge.
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.
Youngstown to put $1.6M toward lead pipe removal at nearly 100 homes, starting this summer
Mayor Jamael Tito Brown and US Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan went door-to-door talking to residents about lead service line replacement.
A policy role cities can play in replacing lead pipes faster and equitably
This blog highlights how municipal ordinances can accelerate and ensure equitable lead pipe replacement by mandating full service line removal, granting right-of-entry for replacements, and providing financial assistance to homeowners.
How does Denver Water replace lead service lines
Denver Water uses a neighborhood replacement approach to optimize contractor scheduling and construction. The utility also prioritized neighborhoods based on numerous factors such as disadvantaged neighborhoods, socioeconomic indicators, and areas with high concentrations of schools, childcare facilities, and expecting families.
