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Lead Service Line Replacement Collaborative
Watch the webinar here (pw: r!3cNjWV) Download the slides. Description: Now live! The LSLR Collaborative is honoring excellence in LSL replacement. This webinar explains the initiative and how to apply. For 10 years, the LSLR Collaborative has helped communities across the United States accelerate full LSL replacement by building shared tools, enabling cross-sector knowledge exchange and highlighting innovative solutions. Over that decade, we have seen inspiring examples of people leading the way. In 2026, the LSLR Collaborative will recognize individuals and programs demonstrating excellence in 10 essential areas of LSL replacement. These categories reflect the principles and practices promoted by the LSLR Collaborative for fair and effective LSL replacement. Individuals and programs may be nominated for one of the 10 categories listed here. Honorees in each of the 10 categories will be recognized at an event hosted at the American Water Works Association's ACE in June of 2026 in Washington D.C. and be featured in webinars and other media to share their work. This webinar will provide an overview of the recognition event and how to apply. Moderators: Mason Hines, RESOLVE Roya Alkafaji, EDF Lead Service Line Replacement Collaborative
Watch the webinar here (pw: r2V3=@uG) Description: Lead service line (LSL) replacement is not a simple task. One of the challenges is that unlike other kinds of public works, LSL replacement may require getting permission to enter someone’s home to complete the job. In almost all communities there are some residents – be it because they’re unaware of the program, concerned about cost, distrustful, or just private people – who are hesitant to participate in replacement programs. Hearing about the program from the right messenger can help alleviate this hesitancy. In this webinar, we’ll share examples of how water systems are working with all sorts of trusted messengers – faith leaders, health professionals, community members and others – to engage residents in LSLR. We’ll highlight examples from Washington DC and Memphis, TN, both urban areas but in very different parts of the country and at different stages with their LSL replacement program. We’ll hear from both program leaders and the trusted messengers they’re working through about their strategies and the impact they’re having on engagement. This is the second in a series of webinars the LSL Replacement Collaborative is holding this year highlighting strategies for resident engagement in LSL replacement. Speakers:
Moderator: Mason Hines, RESOLVE Lead Service Line Replacement Collaborative
Watch the webinar here (pw: zu+.v0@4) Description: Lead service line (LSL) replacement is not a simple task. One of the challenges is that unlike other kinds of public works, LSL replacement may require getting permission to enter someone’s home to complete the job. In almost all communities there are some residents – be it because they’re unaware of the program, concerned about cost, distrustful, or just private people – who are hesitant to participate in replacement programs. Many programs are having success engaging residents in LSL replacement by working with community-based organizations. CBOs often have the credibility and community outreach skills to engage residents who may not otherwise choose to participate. This webinar will explore examples of how two communities - Wausau, WI and Cook County, IL – have worked with CBOs in their LSL replacement programs. Representatives from each will describe how their partnership is arranged, the CBO’s strategies and activities, and their results. This is the first in a series of webinars the LSLR Collaborative will hold this year highlighting strategies for resident engagement in LSL replacement. Speakers:
Lead Service Line Replacement Collaborative
Watch the webinar here and download the slides. Description: This webinar will provide an overview of proven LSLR program communication, education, and outreach strategies. These strategies are based on conversations Elevate—a nonprofit organization based in Chicago—had with staff, elected officials, and consultants for municipalities nationwide where LSLR programs are underway. Elevate will be joined by representatives of two municipalities to discuss what has worked well in their own LSLR program communications – and what hasn’t. The webinar will feature strategies that can be applied by both small and large municipalities seeking to engage stakeholders before, during, and after lead service line replacement. The strategies featured in the webinar are derived from research Elevate conducted in 2023. Their full report can be found here. Moderator:
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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 |
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January 2026
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