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Benton Harbor LSLR Status Dashboard

The city of Benton Harbor has an LSLR Status dashboard that identifies how many LSLs are present in the system and how many have been replaced.

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Technology pipes vector

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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Technology pipes vector

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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Technology pipes vector

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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Lead pipe detection Cleveland

Cleveland Water Alliance demonstrates new technology that will allow detection of lead pipes without digging

The Cleveland Water Alliance demonstrates how Solinas Technologies – Acoustic Technology can be used to detect lead pipes without digging, resulting in substantial cost savings.

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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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New Jersey enables utility access to private property for LSLR

New Jersey statute allows municipalities, water systems, or their agents to enter property to replace LSLs with 72 hours notice N.J. Stat. Ann. § 58:12A-39.

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Illinois State Capitol

Illinois statute requires full LSLR

Illinois law requires full replacement of lead service lines with varying timelines according to water system size. 415 ILCS 5/17.12.

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Minnesota Statutes

Minnesota aims to complete LSLR by 2033

Minnesota statute sets a goal of replacing all lead service lines in the state by 2033. Minn. Stat.446.078.

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Lead pipes

The Ohio legislature introduced a bill to remove all LSLs in 15 years

In 2024 the state legislature introduced a bill setting a 15-year timeline to replace all lead services lines in the state. H.B. 534

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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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