Real estate transaction

Disclosure of Information of Lead in Drinking Water in Real Estate Transactions

A compendium of examples where disclosure laws and ordinances have been adopted across the country.

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Lead Service Line Inventory

NC DEQ provides guidance and templates for lead service line inventories and notices for lead, galvanized requiring replacement, and unknown material service lines.

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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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Dashboard

Get the Lead Out: YCUA’s Proactive Lead Service Line Identification Program

Ypsilanti Community Utilities Authority developed a storyline website to provide customers with a background on their program.

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Dashboard

Lead Free DC Construction Dashboard

DC Water developed a construction dashboard so residents can track active and planned replacement projects.

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Template pipes

Lead Communications

AWWA’s Lead Communications provides a variety of templates and tools for customer outreach.

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Checklist

Start a conversation: Ask the right questions to make key program decision

A guide for local elected officials to ask key questions when starting a LSLR program.

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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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Denver Water-wide

Community Engagement in Denver, CO

Denver Water is a national model for lead service line replacement and has one of the most comprehensive programs in the country, designed to replace all lead service lines in Denver Water’s service area over the course of 15 years.

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Volunteers check for lead water pipes in Lancaster homes

Volunteers check for lead water pipes in Lancaster homes

Americorps volunteers help collect inventory information in Lancaster homes.

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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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