The Metropolitan Sewer District has a community benefits program demonstrating how partnerships between community-based organizations, nonprofits, and labor unions can be part of professional services contracting.
Pittsburgh Water established the Community Lead Response Advisory Committee to help best serve customers during the lead service line replacement process.
The DC Water Stakeholder Alliance brings together residents, elected officials, community organizations, and businesses to provide input on water infrastructure projects, including lead service line replacement.
Junction Coalition, a community-based organization, helped provide the public perspective and door canvassing alongside the water utility in Toledo.
An informational website for the public to learn of potential sources of lead and what they can do if exposed.
Malden requires that sellers and landlords disclose the presence of lead service lines. City of Malden Mun. Code Section §9.24.010.
The Milwaukee Coalition on Lead Emergency (COLE) has been active in advising the city on a variety of issues related to lead service line replacement, including the city’s equity plan._x000D_
The city of Benton Harbor has an LSLR Status dashboard that identifies how many LSLs are present in the system and how many have been replaced.
The city’s Water Equity Task Force is an example of collaboration between the utility and nonprofit organizations to develop and diversify the local workforce.
Information for water systems on how to keep their community engaged and informed on LSLR.
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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