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How are small municipalities tackling the lead service line dilemma?

The City of Platteville, WI secured and distributed a list of five pre-qualified plumbers for residents to use to replace private side LSLs.

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HydraSlitter Lead Lateral Replacement System

HammerHead® Trenchless offers the HydraSlitterTM technology as a kit to replace service lines with a trenchless method.

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Sample LSLR ordinance

This template provides sample language to draft a local ordinance mandating full LSLR and enabling water utilities to access properties to replace the private portion of the LSL.

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Kobus Pipe Pullers Video Gallery

These videos demonstrate how this trenchless pulling method can be implemented to replace lead service lines.

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Area Deprivation Index

A data-driven approach to prioritize neighborhoods for LSLR

Milwaukee uses an Area Deprivation Index to prioritize neighborhoods for LSLR.

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Lead FAQs: When can I get my lead service line replaced?

Greater Cincinnati Water Works collaborated with the University of Cincinnati to develop a Prioritization model.

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The City of Newark allows occupant-permitted LSLR

Newark allows occupant permitted LSLRs and holds the occupant and city harmless, City of Newark Municipal Code §16:23-5(a)(1).

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Lead Service Line Replacement Cost Calculator™

A free, multilingual tool that enables municipalities and utilities to generate customized cost estimates for replacing lead service lines, supporting informed planning and budgeting efforts.

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Greater Cincinnati Water Works Service Line Information

Greater Cincinnati Water Works maintains an LSLR map that clearly denotes the public and private side service line materials.

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Platteville Lead Service Line Program

Platteville has an LSLR dashboard that identifies funding sources and applicability.

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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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