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Community Support, Household Plumbing, Policy Organizations, Lead Service Line Replacement Elin Betanzo Community Support, Household Plumbing, Policy Organizations, Lead Service Line Replacement Elin Betanzo

LSLR Readiness Toolkit: Turning Good Plans into Successful Programs

Over the past few months, I've had the opportunity to present on Lead Service Line Replacement (LSLR) program management at both AWWA ACE in Washington, DC, and Michigan ACE in Kalamazoo. In those presentations, I shared lessons learned from working with the City of Highland Park as they launched an ambitious lead service line replacement program.

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I’m Fighting for My First Amendment Rights

If you’ve talked to me recently, I’ve probably told you about how the Trump EPA fired me from the National Drinking Water Advisory Council (NDWAC). In a democracy, it is critical that people be able to speak out on matters of public concern without fear of punishment. But here I am, punished for signing a petition that asked EPA to rely on science and continue its mission of public health protection.

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Lead Service Line Replacement, Community Support, Residents and Community Groups, Household Plumbing, Policy Organizations Elin Betanzo Lead Service Line Replacement, Community Support, Residents and Community Groups, Household Plumbing, Policy Organizations Elin Betanzo

Lead to Plastic: Are We Trading One Hazard for Another?

Dangerous, outdated lead service lines have got to go. We must not waste this generational investment and place New York’s drinking water at risk of new contamination by replacing lead with plastic pipes.

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NDWAC and MDBP Working Group, Public Notice Emergencies Boil Water Advisories, Community Support, Residents and Community Groups, Policy Organizations Elin Betanzo NDWAC and MDBP Working Group, Public Notice Emergencies Boil Water Advisories, Community Support, Residents and Community Groups, Policy Organizations Elin Betanzo

Unsafe Water and Unanswered Questions: A Tale of Two Communities

I’ve spent nearly two years working with two communities facing very different contamination issues, yet their experiences with those in charge are disturbingly alike.

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