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Engaging Communities in Planning and Communicating about LSL Replacement

9/16/2020

 
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Description
Lead service line (LSL) replacement is not a simple task. The LSL Replacement Collaborative has developed an 
online toolkit to help communities across the United States develop and implement replacement programs and is hosting a series of webinars to address specific topics related to this work.

This webinar in the Collaborative's series will explore examples of how water systems have worked to engage communities in the development of their LSL replacement plans and in communicating plans to consumers.

​Water systems and community group representatives from Newark, New Jersey and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania will share examples of how each city gathered community input in the formation of their LSL replacement programs. Each will also speak to the strategies they’re using to communicate about LSL replacement to the public, particularly to reach disadvantaged communities, including partnering with community groups.

Speakers
  • Sandy Kutzing, CDM Smith
  • Kim Gaddy, Clean Water Action/Clean Water Fund in New Jersey
  • Will Pickering, Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority
  • Steve Hvozdovich, Clean Water Action/Clean Water Fund in Pennsylvania
Moderators:
  • Lynn Thorp, Clean Water Action
  • Steve Via, American Water Works Association

Webinar Resources
  • Webinar recording.
  • Download the slides from Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority
  • Download the slides from CDM Smith

Lead-Safe Toolkit for Home-Based Child Care Webinar Series – Session 2: Lead in Water

6/17/2020

 
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Description
Lead is poisonous and can cause permanent damage to exposed children. There’s no safe level of lead in a child’s body. Lead can get into drinking water when plumbing materials that contain lead corrode. Children may be exposed to lead when drinking, bathing, or playing in contaminated water. The good news is that this exposure is preventable! In this webinar, you’ll learn the steps you can take to protect the children entrusted to your care.

In the second webinar in our four-part series on preventing lead exposures in home-based child care, "Lead in Water," Hester Paul, the National Director of Eco-Friendly Child Care, and special guest LaTricea Adams, Founder CEO and President of Black Millennials for Flint, discuss the dangers of lead in drinking water, as well as policies and actions available to child care providers. The webinar draws from the Lead-Safe Toolkit for Home-Based Child Care, a FREE resource offering easy-to-follow steps for determining if lead hazards exist in your home and what to do to reduce these hazards.

The Lead-Safe Toolkit for Home-Based Child Care (
http://bit.ly/Lead-SafeToolkit) was developed with input from child care professionals and lead prevention experts under the guidance of the Children’s Environmental Health Network (CEHN), Eco-Healthy Child Care, the National Association of Family Child Care (NAFCC), and the National Center for Healthy Housing (NCHH).

Presenters:
  • Keami Harris, Child Care Aware of America
  • Hester Paul, National Director, Eco-Healthy Child Care, Children’s Environmental Health Network
  • LaTricea Adams, Founder CEO and President, Black Millennials for Flint

Webinar resources:
  • Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ReIHK1RNEkU&feature=youtu.be
  • ​Lead-Safe Toolkit for Home-Based Child Care: http://bit.ly/Lead-SafeToolkit


Encouraging Customer-Initiated LSL Replacement: Two Case Studies

5/27/2020

 
Description
This webinar in the Collaborative's series will explore customer-initiated replacement.

An important facet of a comprehensive lead service line (LSL) replacement program is ensuring customers have sufficient incentives to replace their lead pipe. In this webinar, we will feature two public water systems that have proactive programs enabling customers to voluntarily request LSL replacement. These systems have used a variety of tools to encourage LSL replacement, including online, interactive maps; streamlined contractor bidding; waivers of permit fees; grants to subsidize the costs; and education through redevelopment permits. We will also discuss the challenge of balancing participation to minimize health equity disparities.

Speakers and Topics:
  • John Deignan with DC Water will present the utility’s decade of experience with customer-initiated LSL replacement with the customer paying for replacement on private property. In 2017-18, the program had more than 300 replacements annually up from less than 50 in the first five years of operation.
  • James Steinkrauss with Boston Water and Sewer Commission will share his utility’s experience encouraging customers to participate in a voluntary program to replace the LSL on private property and the impact of a $2,000 grant the utility offers to customers. Since 2016, the utility has replaced roughly 1,100 private LSLs.

​Moderator:
  • Stephanie Schlea with Association of Metropolitan Water Agencies

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Download the slides from DC Water and Boston Water and Sewer Commission. 

Equity Considerations in LSL Replacement Programs

4/22/2020

 
Description
A guiding principle of the LSL Replacement Collaborative is that LSL replacement initiatives should address barriers to participation so that consumers served by LSLs can benefit equitably, regardless of income, race, or ethnicity. In this webinar, we will hear about efforts to quantify and define equity issues and about solutions to address them.
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Speakers and Topics:
  • Karen Baehler with American University and Maureen Schmelling with DC Water will present findings and recommendations from the March 2020 report “Lead Pipes and Environmental Justice: A Study of Lead Pipe Replacement in Washington DC” and actions DC Water is taking to address these issues
  • Alexis Woodrow with Denver Water will share Denver’s efforts to prioritize vulnerable populations and the city’s approach to other equity issues in development of its Lead Reduction Program
Moderator:
  • Nse Witherspoon, Children’s Environmental Health Network


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Download the slides from DC and Denver. 

​Collaborating to Replace Lead Service Lines: Filter Effectiveness

12/11/2019

 
Description
A continuum of steps is often discussed for minimizing lead release during lead service line replacement. Provision of a point of use (POU) filter certified to remove lead as per NSF 53 is one of these steps. In this context it is important to understand the effectiveness of filters.

This webinar provides:
  • Information about the NSF standard and tests for lead reduction; other NSF requirements, such as material safety and structural integrity; and NSF’s policies and practices for retests and for maintenance of the standard.
  • Results of a recent study examining the efficacy of eleven POU lead pitcher and faucet filters under extreme corrosion conditions.

Moderator:
  • Gail Bingham, President Emeritus, RESOLVE

​Speakers:
  • Stefan Buck, General Manager Global Drinking Water Treatment Unit, NSF
  • Marc Edwards, University Distinguished Professor of Civil Engineering, Virginia Tech
  • Jeannie M. Purchase, PhD student, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Virginia Tech

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Download slides from NSF and Virginia Tech. 

RCAP, Small Water Systems, and Lead Service Line Inventories

10/2/2019

 
Description
This webinar explores LSL replacement issues for small community water systems and explains the services that the Rural Community Assistance Partnership (RCAP) provides to these systems.
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It is the eighth in the LSL Replacement Collaborative's series and focuses on small community water systems – those that serve less than 10,000 customers – and how they are managing LSLs as part of their asset management program and responding to customer concerns and state requirements.

Speakers provide:
  • Background on RCAP and the services it provides to small drinking water systems
  • Challenges small communities face with lead and LSLs
  • Efforts to help small systems inventory and communicate LSLs in their distribution system.

Moderator:
  • Tom Neltner, Chemicals Policy Director, Environmental Defense Fund

Speakers:
  • Ted Stiger, Senior Director of Government Affairs and Policy, RCAP
  • Jeff Oxenford, Director of Training and Technical Service, RCAP

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Download the slides from RCAP and EDF. 

Replacing Lead Service Lines in Early Learning Environments

4/24/2019

 
Description:
This webinar in the Collaborative's series explores replacing LSLs in early learning environments.

Children under the age of six are most at risk from the harmful effects of lead exposure due to their developing brains. As children spend a large portion of their day in early learning environments, such as child care facilities or schools, it is vital to ensure the safety of the drinking water in these facilities.

This webinar is the seventh in the LSL Replacement Collaborative's series, and will explore how to address lead in early learning environments, with an emphasis on lead service lines. Speakers will provide:
  • An overview of lead in water in child care and schools;
  • A case study from Milwaukee;
  • A case study from Cincinnati; and
  • The perspective from a leading national child care organization.

Moderator:
  • Nsedu Obot Witherspoon, Executive Director, Children’s Environmental Health Network
Speakers:
  • Karen Dettmer, P.E., Superintendent, Milwaukee Water Works
  • Jim Nelson, School & Community Testing Liaison, Greater Cincinnati Water Works
  • Krista Scott, Senior Director, Health, Child Care Aware of America

​Watch the webinar recording. 
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​Download the slides. 

Choose Safe Places Webinar: Lead Service Line Replacement

4/11/2019

 
Webinar summary: Webinar provided for ASTDR state department of health grantees receiving funding to implement programs to Choose Safe Places for Early Care and Education.  The Lead Service Line Replacement Collaborative presented on identifying and replacing lead service lines, followed by two local examples of lead service line replacement programs.
 
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Mapping Lead Service Lines: Charting a Path to Engage a Community

3/13/2019

 
Description:

Communities are posting interactive online maps to help residents determine if a specific address – whether a potential home, child-care or restaurant – may or may not have a lead service line. This webinar will explore how communities are developing these maps, wrestling with the uncertainties, and making sure they are effective.

This webinar is the sixth in the LSL Replacement Collaborative's series. This webinar will provide:
  • A case study from a large city
  • Case studies from mid-sized communities
  • Discussion of technical challenges
  • Discussion of communication challenges

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Lead Service Line Identification and Replacement: Introduction to the Series

3/7/2019

 
Environmental Protection Agency

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March 7, 2019
2:00-3:30 pm ET


The first webinar included an update on EPA’s lead service line replacement map, a presentation by Sam Perry from Washington State Department of Health – “The Quest for 100% Lead Free – Listening for Lead in Washington State”, and a presentation by Maureen Schmelling from DC Water - “DC Water’s Service Line Map and Methods to Improve Service Line Inventory”.

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