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New Service Connections

Vyntelligence provides a platform used by utilities in the UK to collect customer information and document new service connections. The platform allows video to be captured as a communication and documentation tool.

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FYLD: Fieldwork execution platform powered by AI

FYLD is a documentation platform that has been used by utilities globally to better document on-site construction safety through video and data capture of site conditions.

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Viken Detection. Detection technology that preys on threats

Viken Detection’s XRF – PB200 x-ray imaging technology can be used to detect lead service lines without excavation.

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Tackling Lead Contamination: How Water Utility Companies and Citizens Can Unite to Ensure Safe Drinking Water

Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) is a non-invasive technology that uses electromagnetic waves to detect and map subsurface structures with high levels of accuracy.

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Swordfish: Combined buried lead pipe detection and leak location in one unit

Swordfish identifies lead pipes using an auto-fed cable and low-voltage conductivity probe that goes in the pipe, without the need for excavation.

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Predictive modeling solutions for forward-thinking water systems

BlueConduit delivers rigorously designed, predictive and decision modeling tools that empower water system leaders to make informed decisions on behalf of the communities they serve.

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leadCAST® Predict: Unlock the power of AI to streamline your replacement

leadCAST Predict helps you accelerate the classification of unknown service lines and prioritize field verifications through advanced service line material predictions powered by machine learning. leadCAST Predict is an additional feature of leadCAST LCRR compliance management solution.

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Voda.ai Lead Management: Conquer the battle

VODA.ai Lead Management solution was created to help find lead service lines using machine learning models.

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Stretching the Dollar to Get the Lead Out: Good Decision-Making and Planning for Lead Service Line Cost Efficiencies

This policy brief highlights strategies that utilities and/or state agencies should consider adopting to make informed, holistic decisions when spending money on LSL programs.

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Stretching the Dollar to Get the Lead Out: Advancing Lead Service Line Programs with Low or No-Cost Policies and Practices

This policy brief highlights low or no-cost policies and practices that have proven successful for many water utilities, and can be replicated in an effort to lower the overall total price tag of lead service line replacement nationwide.

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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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