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Lead Service Line Replacement Collaborative
Watch the webinar here, download the slides, and read the Q&A document. Description: The American Rescue Plan Act and the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act have allocated an unprecedented billions of dollars of federal funding to states for lead service line (LSL) replacement. A critical consideration of this effort concerns how states distribute the funding and how LSL replacements are implemented in communities, especially taking into account the country’s increasing wealth and health disparities and the Administration’s Justice 40 Initiative. Rural communities face specific challenges due to shrinking populations and aging infrastructure. In addition, rural communities of color are often overburdened by pollution and struggle to access needed funding for water infrastructure projects. Challenges often include technical, financial, managerial capacity, and matters of competing prioritization of significant needs, trust, and buy-in from communities long-neglected from disinvestment and marginalized by systemic racism. This webinar highlighted key challenges of these communities with regard to accessing federal funding for lead service line replacement programs, and discussed how to address and overcome these barriers. Speakers shared examples of promising efforts and helpful resources. Moderator:
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Lead Service Line Replacement Collaborative
Watch the webinar here and download the slides. Description: One of the guiding principles of the LSL replacement collaborative is that lead service line replacement initiatives should consider and address barriers to participation so consumers served by LSLs can benefit equitably, regardless of income, race, or ethnicity. To this end, the LSL Replacement Collaborative recently released a step-by-step guide communities can use to help consider and account for issues of equity when developing LSL replacement programs. In this webinar, we provided an overview of the Collaborative’s new guide and lifted up examples from across the country of how communities are working to promote equity in their replacement programs – touching on issues including funding, community engagement, and contracting. Speakers:
Lead Service Line Replacement Collaborative
Watch the webinar here and download the slides. Description: Lead service line replacement at rental properties has its own set of unique challenges, including hard-to-reach property owners, lack of incentives, and other barriers. Effective communication and coordination with community members is an important piece of any replacement program to help people understand the risks posed by lead service lines and what they can expect from the program. However, this kind of engagement can be more challenging when the person who pays the bills and the person who drinks the water are not the same, such as at tenant-occupied properties. This panel-style webinar explored the challenges associated with lead service line replacement at tenant-occupied properties and examples of what communities are doing to overcome them. We heard about approaches taken in Newark and Denver and learned more about best practices from a healthy homes expert. Speakers:
Environmental Policy Innovation Center (EPIC)
Watch the webinar here. Description: EPIC created the Water Data Prize to inspire new approaches to expediting the removal of lead service lines in municipalities across the country. More than 50 applications from individuals in the water sector submitted entries to the Water Data Prize, and an esteemed panel of judges reviewed the submissions looking for equitable and effective ways to speed the removal of toxic lead pipes and remove the threat of lead in drinking water for as many people as possible. Watch the presentation to learn about the winning projects. Speakers: Brian Kearney, Project Manager, CDM Smith Megan Glover, Co-Founder & CEO, 120Water Kedar Dabhadkar, Data Scientist, Ketos Jyoti Venketraman, Program Manager, New Jersey Future Samantha Villegas, Director of Strategic Communication Services, Raftelis Anna Wolf, Program Director, Center for Neighborhood Technology Association of State Drinking Water Administrators (ASDWA)
Watch the webinars here. Description: ASDWA held a series of eight webinars throughout February 2022 about lead service line inventorying. Some of the webinar topics include: an overview of the Lead and Copper Rule, the challenges that small systems face with LSL inventories and replacements, funding for such work, and more. Ohio Healthy Homes Network
Watch the webinar here. Description: Tune in to learn about the role LSLs play in childhood lead poisoning, hear examples from communities who are working to solve the problem and what they’ve gleaned from their experiences, and come away with a better understanding of how improvements in water infrastructure can lead to healthier communities! Our expert panel brings deep knowledge of both the technical and policy-related issues around LSL replacement, representing the on-the-ground experiences of local water utilities as well as national advocacy and thought leadership. Speakers: Lindsay McCormick, Program Manager, Chemicals and Health, Environmental Defense Fund Leslie Moening, Lead Program Manager, Greater Cincinnati Water Works Cynthia McCarthy, Lead Program Administrative Specialist, Greater Cincinnati Water Works Lead Service Line Replacement Collaborative
Watch the webinar here and download the slides. 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. Communities across the country are making LSL replacement a priority, providing opportunities to both create new jobs and deploy existing workforces in new ways. This webinar will explore the critical role of building a robust workforce for LSL replacement in an equitable manner, including considerations such as hiring locally and ensuring safe work practices. Speakers:
Lead Service Line Replacement Collaborative
Watch the webinar here and download the slides. Description In January, the Environmental Protection Agency finalized the most significant overhaul of the Lead and Copper Rule (LCR) in two decades. While the rule is currently under review, core components – such as a lead service line (LSL) inventory, replacement plan, public communications, and engagement with the public health community – have consistently been part of any conversation about revisions to the LCR. The LSL Replacement Collaborative has developed an online toolkit to help communities across the United States develop and implement LSL replacement programs. The Collaborative will soon be releasing a new series of webpages that highlight opportunities to leverage the revised LCR to accelerate full LSL replacement. This webinar will provide a facilitated walkthrough of these opportunities and point to examples of communities already acting on them. Speakers
The Lead & Copper Rule & Lead Service Line Replacement: Town Hall for Public Health Professionals5/19/2021
Children's Environmental Health Network
Watch the recording here. In CEHN's third virtual town hall on lead in drinking water, panelists share their efforts to facilitate lead service line replacement in their communities and discuss opportunities for public health professionals to leverage the US Environmental Protection Agency's revised Lead and Copper Rule in order to accelerate replacement. The presentation for public health professionals covers the importance of addressing lead in drinking water as part of a comprehensive approach to lead poisoning prevention and health equity. This town hall features Tom Neltner from the Environmental Defense Fund, Meg Trubee from Denver Water, and Maureo Fernandez y Mora from Clean Water Action, as well as moderator Nsedu Obot Witherspoon from Children's Environmental Health Network. National League of Cities and the Lead Service Line Replacement Collaborative
Watch the recording here. Join NLC and the Lead Service Line Replacement Collaborative (LSLRC) as we host our third tele-town hall for local officials to dig deeper into the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) revision to the Lead and Copper Rule published in the Federal Register January 15, 2021. Participants will learn about rule requirements, share best practices among peers, learn about funding and financing opportunities for lead service line replacement, ask questions of experts and obtain other critical information necessary to set your city on the path toward compliance. This tele-town hall is part three of a series of tele-town hall events intended to inform local leaders and water utility operators on the implications, requirements and opportunities associated with these rule revisions. |
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April 2023
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