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After Lead Service Line Replacement/Después Del Reemplazo De La Línea De Servicio De Plomo

Denver Water develops outreach materials, such as factsheets on activities after lead service line replacement in English and Spanish.

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Tools & Guides Pipes 2

Greater Cincinnati Water Works (GCWW) Programa de Reemplazo de Tuberías de Plomo (Español)

Greater Cincinnati Water Works factsheet explaining their lead service line program in Spanish

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Getting to Yes: How effective engagement with residents can ease lead service line replacement Challenges

This report emphasizes that effective resident engagement, marketing, and public education strategies—through clear communication and addressing homeowner concerns—is crucial for overcoming barriers and accelerating lead service line replacement efforts.

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Coalition Lead Emergency

Coalition on Lead Emergency

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_

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Pittsburgh North Shore

Community Lead Response Advisory Committee

Pittsburgh Water established the Community Lead Response Advisory Committee to help best serve customers during the lead service line replacement process.

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The Garage Community Youth Center

The Garage Community and Youth Center

Thanks to support from The Garage Community and Youth Center volunteers, the Borough of Avondale achieved an 80% customer response rate for service line inventory information.

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#419GetTheLeadOut

#419GetTheLeadOut

Junction Coalition, a community-based organization, helped provide the public perspective and door canvassing alongside the water utility in Toledo.

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Property documents

Philadelphia’s landlord LSL disclosure

The City of Philadelphia requires landlords to disclose to tenants the presence of any known lead service lines and provide a pamphlet outlining ways to reduce the risk of lead exposure.

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Minnesota Lead Inventory Tracking Tool

The State of Minnesota has developed an online tool mapping all inventories throughout the state, down to the individual line. The website and database are created in collaboration with academic partners.

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Rhode Island Lead Service Line Public Transparency Dashboard

The State of Rhode Island has developed an interactive map where users can input their address to find if their home may have a LSL.

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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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