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Guest column: Michigan’s new lead rule for drinking water is six years old. How are we doing?
Michigan has the most stringent rules for preventing lead in drinking water. Photo credit: sonmez/iStock.
The Top Ten Strategies to Reduce Lead Service Line Replacement Costs and Ensure Public Health Protection
With new goals, requirements, and funding for lead service line replacements emerging all the time, it's crucial to make the most of available resources. Here are Safe Water Engineering's top recommendations for maximizing funding and removing more lead service lines from your water system:
Resources to help understand proposed Lead and Copper Rule Improvements
Safe Water Engineering, with University of Michigan Water Center - Graham Sustainability Institute, developed a suite of resources to help local elected officials understand the Michigan Lead and Copper Rule when it was revised in 2018.
Southeast Michigan 2023 Lead and Copper Rule Compliance Sampling Report
Most Michigan water utilities that have lead service lines are required to collect Lead and Copper samples every year between June 1 and September 30. The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) starts posting data here when they find water utilities that exceed the lead action level (15 ppb) at the end of each sampling period.
Benton Harbor: From Lead Crisis to Lead-Free
"Benton Harbor: From Lead Crisis to Lead-Free” published in Journal of American Water Works Association, September 2023