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Your Water, Your Data: Michigan’s Lead Service Line Tracker Explained
Safe Water Engineering and Planet Detroit have launched a first-of-its-kind map showing every Michigan water system’s lead service line inventory and replacement progress.
New Opflow Article: Helping Water Utilities Select the Right Material for Lead Service Line Replacement
As utilities replace full lead service lines—and as federal LCRI requirements accelerate timelines—choosing the right replacement material is no longer a minor decision. It is central to long-term water quality, infrastructure longevity, and cost effective asset management.
Helping Oahu Residents Choose the Right Water Filter After JBPHH Contamination
Safe Water Engineering has been working with community members and the Sierra Club of Hawaiʻi to create a clear, trustworthy resource that helps residents make informed decisions about water filters.
VOICES: Michigan is the first state to require water filters in schools. Let’s make sure it’s done right.
Michigan leads the nation by mandating lead-removing filters in school drinking water, empowering families to scrutinize their school’s Drinking Water Management Plan.
Guest column: Michigan’s new lead rule for drinking water is six years old. How are we doing?
A decade ago, about 100,000 Flint residents were exposed to lead-contaminated drinking water. The Flint water crisis has become a stark reminder of the devastating consequences of negligence and allowing pipe materials that have been banned since 1988 to fester in our water systems.
If this catastrophe had a bright side, it’s that it led to the revision of Michigan's Lead and Copper Rule in 2018, the nation's most protective regulation aimed at reducing lead exposure in drinking water.
