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Advocates launch campaign to end lead in Rhode Island’s water forever

9/30/2021

 
Uprise RI
Steve Ahlquist

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Over forty organizations, dozens of elected officials and hundreds of individuals have signed on the the Rhode Island Childhood Lead Action Project‘s campaign to convince state leaders to invest $500m of the state’s ARPA funds (and other sources of federal dollars) to provide “full, free lead service line replacement for all Rhode Islanders.”

This amounts to replacing the lead lines in around 100,000 buildings statewide.

City of Schofield Applies for More DNR Funding for Lead Service Line Replacement

9/29/2021

 
WSAU
​Mike Leischner

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SCHOFIELD, WI (WSAU) — The City of Schofield is applying for another round of Safe Drinking Water Loan Program funding to replace lead service lines in the city.

Mayor Kregg Hoehn says it’s part of an ongoing effort to get rid of the lead from the city’s water system, which can have negative health effects, especially in younger children.

“We’re trying to make money available to people in hopes that they’ll do it,” said Hoehn. “There’s advantages to being lead-free.”

Lead Pipe Removal Speeds Up as Federal Stimulus Dollars Flow

9/29/2021

 
The Pew Charitable Trust
Alex Brown

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Since 2018, tests have found that scores of homes in Benton Harbor, Michigan, have dangerously high lead levels in their drinking water. With nearly 6,000 known lead service pipes in the city, local officials were left staring at a $30 million problem—a cost many times greater than their annual budget.

The city found some help with a $5.6 million grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and another $3 million grant from the state. But leaders really began to feel hopeful earlier this month when Michigan Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced a $200 million proposal for lead pipe replacement throughout the state, including $20 million for Benton Harbor, using federal American Rescue Plan Act money.

WE ACT Part Of Coalition To Help Communities Quantify And Locate Dangerous Lead Service Lines

9/28/2021

 
Harlem World Magazine

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Google.org announced $3 million in grants to BlueConduit Charitable Fund, NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council) and WE ACT for Environmental Justice to support the equitable replacement of lead service lines.

The grants will fund the development of BlueConduit’s open source machine learning technologies, which will enable cities and towns of all sizes to quantify and map their lead service line inventory and help municipalities estimate the cost of replacing this health-threatening component of our water infrastructure. The tool will also allow water utilities to create public-facing maps that aim to strengthen public communication and help meet upcoming US EPA Revised Lead and Copper Rule requirements. Initial software will be made available in the first half of 2022. BlueConduit, WE ACT, and NRDC will work closely with community groups and municipal utilities to ensure that the tools are designed to meet their needs.


Activists say Wilkinsburg-Penn Joint Water Authority should address concerns about lead, water costs

9/28/2021

 
90.5 WESA
Kate Giammarise

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A group of advocates are calling on a local water authority to create a program to assist low-income customers who need help paying their bills, and to fully replace lead service lines in the communities it serves that suffer from higher rates of lead poisoning.

They say the Wilkinsburg-Penn Joint Water Authority, which serves about 40,000 customers in Pittsburgh’s eastern suburbs, should also create a community advisory committee related to lead issues, and end partial lead line replacements, which can exacerbate lead problems.


Riverhead inks grant contract with state for $627,327 to replace old water lines containing lead

9/28/2021

 
Riverhead Local
Denise Civiletti

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Riverhead has inked a grant agreement with the State of New York for more than $627,000 in funding to replace water service lines in downtown Riverhead that contain lead.

The $627,327 grant award, one of 18 made to municipalities statewide as part of the State Department of Health’s Lead Service Line Replacement Program, was announced by former Gov. Andrew Cuomo in July 2019.

Riverhead met the state’s eligibility criteria for the program — percentage of children with elevated blood lead levels; median household income; and number of homes built before 1939 when lead service lines were used.

Lead pipe removal efforts in Benton Harbor get a $10 million funding boost

9/22/2021

 
WSBT 22

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Michigan's new budget deal would include $10 million toward getting rid of lead pipes in Benton Harbor.

This comes as the city approves new private contracts to remove hundreds of lead pipes around the community.

Those contracts will be funded using federal money from the EPA.

Over 300 lead pipes are expected to be replaced over the next 4 years.

Albany Water Department Offering Reimbursement To Replace Lead Lines By 2040

9/21/2021

 
WAMC Northeast Public Radio
Dave Lucas

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The Albany Water Department has launched a new program to aid homeowners in lead service replacements, part of an effort to eliminate lead service pipes in the city by 2040.

Officials say about 40 percent of homes in the city are hooked up to lead service lines. Water Commissioner Joe Coffey says Albany's Lead Service Replacement Program provides assistance to anyone – homeowners, landlords, and renters.

“This is the initial run at the program. So we're starting from like ground zero. And we wanted to get something out there to start with. So right now, if there's a leak on a water service and it's lead, the service has to be replaced, in its entirety. Before we had the city code changed, so if there's any kind of water service, the whole service needs to be replaced. Before you'd only replace half of it either from the house to the shut off, or the shut off to the main. The water department's always done from the main to the shut off, even though the homeowner owns it. Historically. We've done that.”


Bradford City Water Authority working on delinquencies

9/21/2021

 
The Bradford Era
Marcie Schellhammer

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​The Bradford City Water Authority is concentrating efforts to attempt to reduce the number of delinquent water accounts in the system.

At Wednesday’s meeting, Executive Director Steve Disney explained the authority is “utilizing tools and features inside the Edmunds Billing Software/System” which is shared with the City of Bradford and the Bradford Sanitary Authority to apply payments in a “waterfall manner.”

Check reimbursement for residents’ lead service replacement gets greenlight by Sycamore council

9/21/2021

 
Daily Chronicle
Katie Finlon

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SYCAMORE – With the greenlight of the Sycamore City Council, Sycamore homeowners seeking reimbursement after replacing their lead water lines could soon receive a check cut to them directly instead of a utility bill credit if they wish.

The council previously approved the residential lead service line replacement program during its June 7 meeting. Sycamore Acting City Manager Maggie Peck said during the Monday meeting the program gives a $1,000 credit to homeowners whose service line replacement would not involve roadwork and a $2,000 credit for replacement that would involve roadwork due to the water main being on the opposite side of the street from the house.

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  • Home
  • Roadmap
    • Getting Started
    • Legal Factors
    • Funding
    • Plan Development
  • Replacement
    • Approaches to Replacement
    • Preparing an Inventory
    • Understanding Replacement Techniques
    • Communicating About LSLs
    • Coordinating Replacement
  • Equity
    • Guide to Equity Analysis
    • Coordination and Partnership
    • Defining Disadvantaged Communities
    • Equity Tools and Data Sources
  • Policies
    • Community Access to Funding
    • Helping Consumers
    • Requiring LSL Replacement
    • Engaging other Programs
    • Risk Communication Improvement
  • EPA's LCR
    • Key Terms
    • Key Requirements and Opportunities
  • Resources
    • Intro to LSL Replacement
    • LSL Replacement in the News
    • Child Care and Schools
    • Role of Public Health Professionals
    • Webinars >
      • Upcoming Webinars and Events
    • Case Examples
    • Filling Data Gaps
    • Recursos en Español
    • Downloadable Resources
    • Matchmaking Survey
  • About Us
    • FAQs
    • Feedback