Post Tagged with: "Lead and Copper Rule Improvements"

When replacing a customer-side lead or galvanized steel service line, a small hole is drilled through the basement wall prior to pulling the copper line from the inside below ground and out to the curb stop connection.

Association offering service line training program for contractors, utilities

Rehab & Replacement, Water Management February 27, 2026 at 11:45 am

The Copper Development Association (CDA) is now offering its Do It Proper with Copper training program, a no-cost, expert-led educational initiative designed to help communities plan and execute lead service line replacement projects. CDA said the training is meant to provide practical guidance on the properRead More

VIDEO: CDA’s Marcus Elmer on Copper’s Role in Lead Service Line Replacement

VIDEO: CDA’s Marcus Elmer on Copper’s Role in Lead Service Line Replacement

Have questions about achieving compliance with the Lead and Copper Rule Improvements (LCRI)? Marcus Elmer of the Copper Development Association (CDA) has answers. Recently, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced it would uphold Biden-era regulations under the LCRI, the drinking water regulation mandating theRead More

Arcadis, NYC to develop tap card system for Lead and Copper Rule compliance

Arcadis, NYC to develop tap card system for Lead and Copper Rule compliance

Water Management October 27, 2025 at 9:15 am

Arcadis recently announced it will be developing a Tap Card Management System (TCMS) for the New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Bureau of Water and Sewer Operations (BWSO). The TCMS will be developed to help New York City comply with EPA’s Lead andRead More

AWWA files opening brief in Lead and Copper Rule Improvement petition

AWWA files opening brief in Lead and Copper Rule Improvement petition

Water Management September 29, 2025 at 7:15 am

On Sept. 15, the American Water Works Association (AWWA) filed its opening brief in its Petition for Review of the Lead and Copper Rule Improvements as it seeks to address the feasibility of the lead service line replacement requirements in the law. AWWA had originallyRead More

Modeling the Future of Federal Mandates: Smarter Financial Planning for PFAS & LCRI Implementation

Modeling the Future of Federal Mandates: Smarter Financial Planning for PFAS & LCRI Implementation

Advertorial, Water Finance July 1, 2025 at 8:49 am

Water utilities are entering a new financial era—one defined by urgency, and regulatory demands that need confident and informed decisions. With the EPA’s Lead and Copper Rule Improvements (LCRI) mandating full lead service line replacement by 2034, and new enforceable PFAS standards requiring treatment systemsRead More

Water Innovation of the Month | Optimizing lead service line replacement: Using data to create a prioritized, defensible LSL replacement plan

Water Innovation of the Month | Optimizing lead service line replacement: Using data to create a prioritized, defensible LSL replacement plan

Advertorial, Rehab & Replacement February 1, 2025 at 10:00 am

The new Lead and Copper Rule Improvements (LCRI) mandates lead service line (LSL) replacement within 10 years. But did you know that the current $15B Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) allocation for lead pipe identification and replacement is only expected to cover 35% of the totalRead More

AWWA: LCRI in current form ‘not feasible’

AWWA: LCRI in current form ‘not feasible’

Water Management December 30, 2024 at 10:56 am

On Dec. 13, the American Water Works Association (AWWA) filed a Petition for Review of the Lead and Copper Rule Improvements (LCRI) in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. With the petition, AWWA looks to address the feasibility of replacingRead More

What’s in the Biden administration’s final Lead and Copper Rule Improvements?

What’s in the Biden administration’s final Lead and Copper Rule Improvements?

Rehab & Replacement, Water Management October 14, 2024 at 10:50 am

On Oct. 8, the Biden-Harris Administration issued a final rule requiring drinking water systems across the country to identify and replace lead pipes within 10 years. The Lead and Copper Rule Improvements (LCRI) will also require more rigorous testing of drinking water and a lowerRead More

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Lead Service Lines: From Inventory to Replacement Planning and Programs

Rehab & Replacement, Water Management September 30, 2024 at 6:05 am

By Brendan O’Brien Fall is here, which means the U.S. EPA deadline for utilities to complete water service line inventories is also here. Communities around the country have been working hard to complete those inventories. While this is an important step, there is a lotRead More

What to Look for When Replacing Lead Service Lines

What to Look for When Replacing Lead Service Lines

Rehab & Replacement, Water Management August 19, 2024 at 6:25 am

By Marcus Elmer The EPA has proposed updates to the Lead & Copper Rule Revision (LCRR) to enhance protection against lead in drinking water, aiming to simplify rules, improve corrosion control, boost public education, and enhance safety in educational facilities. The implementation of the LeadRead More