Safe Water Resources

For Communities and Residents

• Drinking Water Affordability in Michigan: Wolverine Caucus Presentation (Video)

• Lead in our water? (Video)

• Southeast Michigan 2023 Lead and Copper Rule Compliance Sampling Report

• Benton Harbor: From Lead Crisis to Lead-Free

• REPORT: The Perils of PVC Plastic Pipes

• Michigan Water Leak Pilot: Recommendations for Improving Local and State Agency Collaborations with Community Groups and Residents [One-page PDF]

• Flushing your household plumbing after a water service restoration 

• How Can I Find Out If I Have a Lead Service Line?

• Lead and Copper Rule information for Families

• Lead and Copper Rule information for Elected Officials

• Questions to ask to learn more about lead in your community

• MICHIGAN LEAD AND COPPER RULE HANDBOOK

For Water Utilities, Regulators and Engineers 

• Lead Service Line Replacement Costs and Strategies for Reducing Them [PDF]

• Drinking Water Affordability in Michigan: Wolverine Caucus Presentation (Video)

• Report of the Microbial and Disinfection Byproducts Rule Revisions Working Group

• Benton Harbor: From Lead Crisis to Lead-Free

• Removing Michigan’s Lead Water Service Lines: Economic Savings, Health Benefits, And Improved Health Equity

• REPORT: The Perils of PVC Plastic Pipes

• Michigan Water Leak Pilot: Recommendations for Improving Local and State Agency Collaborations with Community Groups and Residents [One-page PDF]

• Water Leak Pilot and Water Leak Pilot Evaluation Report

• Independent Verification and Validation of the Lead Free DC Lead Service Line Removal Plan

• Deconstructing the Cost of Lead Service Line Replacement

• Equity in Lead Service Line Replacement

• Webinar: Enhancing Equity in Lead Service Line Replacement Programs

• AWWA Standard Available to Assist Communities in Lead Service Line Removal

• Lessons from the First Year of Compliance Sampling under Michigan’s Revised Lead and Copper Rule and National LCR Implications in AWWA Water Science [PDF]

• Opportunities for Addressing Lead in Drinking Water [PDF]

• Water Service Affordability in Michigan: A Statewide Assessment

• Frequently Asked Questions about the Lead and Copper Rule

• How is the Michigan Lead and Copper Rule Different from the Federal Lead and Copper Rule?

• Protecting Drinking Water in the Great Lakes States: A Primer on Existing State Policies and Using the Safe Drinking Water Act

• Improvements Needed to the Public Notification Rule Following Hurricane Maria

For Schools and Child Care Facilities

• Get the Lead Out report: Grading the states on protecting kids’ drinking water at school

• Best Practices for Installation of Drinking Water Filter Stations in Schools and Child Care Facilities [PDF]

• Improving Water Quality in Schools and Childcare Facilities During COVID-19

• Michigan School Drinking Water Program Webpage, including Drinking Water Management Plan Template

• Model legislation for Getting the Lead Out of Drinking Water in Schools

Op-Eds

• Letter: Lead and copper rule not health-based

• Lead-service-lines-belong-in-the-history-books 

• Water access urgent in Detroit during outbreak

• Following Flint, Increase Drinking Water Transparency

• Michigan should revise lead and copper rule to improve public health

• Don’t Undermine our water

Documentaries

• Poisoned Water