Benton Harbor Team Solutions Radio

Building Trust Through the Airwaves: How Benton Harbor Used Community Radio to Tackle Lead Pipe Replacement

Benton Harbor Solutions hosted a community-led radio show that shared information on city efforts to replace lead service lines.

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Guidance

Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District Water Equity Task Force

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.

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DC Water stakeholders

DC Water Stakeholder Alliance welcomes new members to collaborate on key issues

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.

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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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Woman pouring filtered water

Lead Reduction Program: Community Engagement

Denver Water has partnered with trusted community organizations to engage and share information about their Lead Reduction Program._x000D_

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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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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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Water pipe with lead corrosion

Jacobs Hires University Students to Inventory Wisconsin’s Lead Service Lines and Meet Federal Deadlines

The Freshwater Collaborative of Wisconsin, along with Jacobs Engineering and UW Oshkosh, hired students to collect service line information.

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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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Man filling water bottle at kitchen sink

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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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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