Lead exposure can result in severe adverse health effects, yet lead service lines (LSLs) are used to transport drinking water to customers. The Lead and Copper Rule Improvements, published by the Environmental Protection Agency, require all public water systems to complete a service line inventory by October 16, 2024. The goal of this project was to draft an inventory and replacement plan for communities with LSLs. We ranked techniques for identifying LSLs, conducted interviews with experts in communications, reviewed LSL inventory data, and analyzed geospatial trends through geographic information system mapping. Templates for customer communications and decision trees for LSL identification techniques were created. Finally, LSL replacement plans were drafted based on our findings.

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Creator

• Peregrim, Joseph
• Lavenda, Louis
• Malaquias, Ryan
• Crowley, Donald

Subject

• Water
• Environment
• Infrastructure
• Sustainability
• Health

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-031224-202600
• 118518

Keyword

• Water Systems
• Drinking Water
• Water Distribution
• Lead

Advisor

• Dudle, Jeanine Denu

Year

• 2024

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• 3 - Good Health and Well-being
• 6 - Clean Water and Sanitation
• 9 - Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

Date created

• 2024-03-12

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Environmental Engineering
• Civil Engineering

Source

• E-project-031224-202600

Rights statement

• In Copyright