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Welcome to the Association of State Drinking Water Administrator’s �Lead Service Line Inventory Symposium�

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Lead Service Line Inventory Symposium�Session 2 - Notes from The Field: State and Utility Experiences with Existing LSL Inventory Rules

Stephanie Schlea

Senior Water Policy Advisor

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SESSION 2 SPEAKERS

  • Jessica Sibriski, Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection
  • Robert Orthman, Boston Water and Sewer Commission
  • Ann Hirekatur, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
  • Mike Mahloch, Allouez Waterworks
  • Hayden King, Indiana Department of Environmental Management
  • Tyler Steury, Vic Kelson and James Hall, City of Bloomington

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Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection

Jessica Sibriski

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LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS

LEAD SERVICE LINE INVENTORIES

DRINKING WATER PROGRAM

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Lead Service Lines in MA

  • Estimated 220,000 LSL in Massachusetts

  • 2016 MassDEP’s Lead and Copper Rule Lead Service Line Survey:

  • 782 PWS subject to the LCR in Massachusetts, including 523 Community and 259 Non-Transient Non-Community PWS
  • 547 PWS participated from the survey

  • MassDEP’s LSL Survey follow-up in 2018-2019.

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Lead & Copper Rule Survey

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Lead & Copper Rule Survey

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Lead & Copper Rule Survey

Goosenecks/Pigtails location No classified: 2,931

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Lead & Copper Rule Survey

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Lead & Copper Rule Survey

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MATERIALS SURVEY WORKSHEET (MSWS)

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Materials Survey Worksheet (MSWS)

All public water suppliers must complete a MSWS of their system to identify their pool of sample sites

MSWS must be completed before sampling for lead and copper- start early!

Every PWS must fill out a MSWS, but only need to submit it with the Sampling Plan when the sampling plan has sites other than Tier 1 sites

MSWS should be constantly updated (every sampling round) to ensure that the highest tier sites are included in the sampling plan

Keep track of MSWS changes over time; assign someone to this task

Slide provided by MassDEP LCR workgroup – Catherine Wanat, WERO

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Gathering Information for MSWS

Service Line Tie-cards

Building Permits

Plumbing Codes and Permits

Distribution Maps and Drawings

Inspection and Maintenance Records

Meter Installation Records

Permit Files

Interviews with Senior Personnel, Building Inspectors, and Retirees

PWSs should survey all records documenting the materials used to construct and repair the distribution system and buildings connected to the distribution system

Slide provided by MassDEP LCR workgroup – Catherine Wanat, WERO

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Slide provided by MassDEP LCR workgroup – Catherine Wanat, WERO

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Slide provided by MassDEP LCR workgroup – Catherine Wanat, WERO

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Slide provided by MassDEP LCR workgroup – Catherine Wanat, WERO

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Common Mistakes Made on MSWS

TOTAL NUMBER OF SITES EQUAL TO THE NUMBER OF SAMPLES REQUIRED, RATHER THAN THE NUMBER OF SERVICE CONNECTIONS IN THE PWS DISTRIBUTION

PUTTING ALL SERVICE CONNECTIONS ON WORKSHEET 1

NO SIGNATURE

Slide provided by MassDEP LCR workgroup – Catherine Wanat, WERO

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PREPARING FOR THE

LCRR LSL INVENTORY

DATA COLLECTION

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PWSs Meetings Results

PHASE 01

Customer LSL verification is the greatest barrier to develop LSL inventories

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What Information Should be Included in the Inventory?

Site Id

Locational Identifier

Connector (Gooseneck / Pigtail) Material

Connector (Gooseneck / Pigtail) Currently Present?

Current Public Service Line Material

Was Public Service Line Material Ever Previously Lead?

Public Service Line Size (length/ diameter)

Public Service Line Install Date

Current Private Service Line Material

Private Service Line Size (length/ diameter)

Private Service Line Install Date

Building Type

Point-of-entry Or Point-of-use Treatment Present?

Building Plumbing Material 1

Building Plumbing Material 2

Building Plumbing Material Install Date

Part of LCR Sampling Plan?

LC00XX 

Used for LCR Sampling Plan

ADDRESS/BLOCK

 

L LEAD

C COPPER

B BRASS

S STEAL

P PLASTIC

O OTHER - DOES NOT CONTAIN LEAD OR LEAD SOLDER

UNK UNKNOWN

YES - KNOWN WITH CERTAINTY

NO - KNOWN WITH CERTAINTY

UNK - NOT KNOWN WITH CERTAINTY

 

L CONFIRMED LEAD

C CONFIRMED COPPER

G CONFIRMED GALVANIZED

P PLASTIC

DI DUCTILE IRON

CI- L LINED CAST IRON

CI-U UNLINED CAST IRON

UNK-LG UNKNOWN - MAY CONTAIN LEAD AND/OR GALVANIZED

UNK-NOLG UNKNOWN - DEFINITELY DOES NOT CONTAIN LEAD OR GALVANIZED

 

YES

NO

UNK

 

 

YYYY

 

L

C

G

P

DI

CI-L

CI-U

UNK-LG

UNK-NOLG

 

 

YYYY

 

SF SINGLE-FAMILY

MF MULTI-FAMILY

SCH/CC SCHOOL/CHILD CARE

RES/CC RESIDENTIAL & IN-HOME CHILD CARE

NONRES NONRESIDENTIAL, NON-SCHOOL, NON-CHILD CARE

MIX MIXED RESIDENTIAL & NONRESIDENTIAL

O OTHER

 

YES

NO

UNK

 

L LEAD

C COPPER

CLS COPPER

W/LEAD SOLDER

O OTHER - DOES NOT CONTAIN LEAD OR LEAD SOLDER

UNK UNKNOWN

 

L

C

CLS

O

UNK

 

YYYY

 

ROUTINE

ALTERNATE

N/A NOT APPLICABLE

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O=Other

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O=Other

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Proposed Solution to accelerate LSL inventories

How?

Allow consumers to report their service line materials for PWS follow up verification

Develop an application for consumer reporting and launch social media outreach and education campaign

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Propose Solution Development

LEAD BE GONE

Report service line material

My Reports

Favorites

Learn to identify lead service lines

My contacts

Links of interest

Location

Description

Select your Public Water Supplier

Questions?

Reporter

Add photo

Water Service Line Material

SUBMIT

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GRANTS…

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Boston Water and Sewer Commission

Robert Orthman

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  • Key Steps
    • Created Lead Team of relevant internal department leaders

    • Reviewed all available data BWSC already had
      • Customer service records
      • Site plan and permitting
      • Meter replacements or repairs
      • Departmental construction and operations records
      • Historical records, cards, plans, etc

    • Determined needs in field
      • Trained personnel to conduct scratch tests in homes
      • Put out new contracts for investigations in public way

Overall Takeaway – very time-intensive process; requires good coordination across departments, BEGIN EARLY!

BWSC Lead Inventory Steps (Short Version)

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Example of Reporting to State Regulator (MassDEP)

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Monthly Internal Updates Emails to All

Relevant Departments and Staff

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Robert Orthman

Senior Assistant General Counsel

orthmanr@bwsc.org

www.bwsc.org

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Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources

Ann Hirekatur

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Allouez Waterworks

Mike Mahloch

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Indiana Department of Environmental Management

Hayden King

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City of Bloomington

Tyler Steury and Vic Kelson

James Hall (Q&A)

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QUESTIONS?

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Join us for our next session!�Morning Webinars�11:00 AM-12:30 PM EST��Afternoon Webinars�3:00 PM-4:30 PM EST��All Webinars Will Be �Archived on ASDWA’s �Website

    • Session 1: Overview of LCRR 
    • Session 2: Notes from the Field: State and Utility Experiences with Existing LSL Inventory Rules

Wednesday, February 2

    • Session 3: Capitalizing in Innovations for LSL Inventories
    • Session 4: Small Systems, Big Challenges: Implementing LSL Inventories and Replacements at Small Systems 

Wednesday, February 9

    • Session 5: Water System Inventory Case Studies
    • Session 6: Show Me the Money: Funding for LSL Inventories and Replacement

Wednesday, February 16

    • Session 7: The Other Side of the Meter: Practical Tools for Collecting Private-Side Service Line Material
    • Session 8: Tell Me About It: Mapping and Communicating your LSL Inventory and Replacements

Wednesday, February 23

    • States-only debrief (3:00-4:30 EST)

Wednesday, March 2