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!"#$%$&'('")*+,$)$-./+,0112 111 !" Getting the Lead Out – SCMA’s Decision to Move forward with Lead Service Line Replacement Project Ǉ ZĂĐŚĞů >ĞŶŐůĞ 'ŽǀĞůŽǀŝĐŚ͕ W ͕ WƌŽũĞĐƚ DĂŶĂŐĞƌ͕ 'ĂŶŶĞƩ &ůĞŵŝŶŐ͕ /ŶĐ If you read through the proposed Lead and Copper Rule Improvements (LCRI) issued by the U.S. Environmental WƌŽƚĞĐƟŽŶ ŐĞŶĐǇ ; W Ϳ ŽŶ ĞĐĞŵďĞƌ ϲ͕ ϮϬϮϯ͕ ƚŚĞ ƐĞĐƟŽŶ ŽŶ ǁĂƚĞƌ ƐĞƌǀŝĐĞ line replacements likely caught your eye. The Proposed LCRI requires that water systems with one or more ĂƐƐĞƚƐ ŝĚĞŶƟĮĞĚ ĂƐ ůĞĂĚ ƐĞƌǀŝĐĞ ůŝŶĞƐ ;>^>Ϳ͕ ŐĂůǀĂŶŝǌĞĚ ƌĞƋƵŝƌŝŶŐ ƌĞƉůĂĐĞŵĞŶƚ ;'ZZͿ͕ Žƌ ƵŶŬŶŽǁŶ ŵĂƚĞƌŝĂů ŝŶ ŝƚƐ ŝŶǀĞŶƚŽƌǇ ŵƵƐƚ ƌĞƉůĂĐĞ ƚŚĞ >^>Ɛ ĂŶĚ 'ZZ ƐĞƌǀŝĐĞ ůŝŶĞƐ ƵŶĚĞƌ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĐŽŶƚƌŽů ǁŝƚŚŝŶ ϭϬ ǇĞĂƌƐ͘ There ĂƌĞ ƚǁŽ ĞǆĐĞƉƟŽŶƐ ƚŚĂƚ ƉƌŽǀŝĚĞ ĨŽƌ deferred deadlines: (a) if the LCRI results in greater than 10,000 service line replacements per year or (b) if the ƐǇƐƚĞŵ ĞǆĐĞĞĚƐ Ϭ͘Ϭϯϵ ƌĞƉůĂĐĞŵĞŶƚƐ per household per year. tŚŝůĞ ŵĂŶǇ ǁĂƚĞƌ ƐǇƐƚĞŵƐ ĂƌĞ ĨŽĐƵƐŝŶŐ ŽŶ ǁĂƚĞƌ ƐĞƌǀŝĐĞ ůŝŶĞ ŝŶǀĞŶƚŽƌǇ ĚĞǀĞůŽƉŵĞŶƚ ĂŶĚ ŽƚŚĞƌ ƌĞƋƵŝƌĞŵĞŶƚƐ ĚƵĞ ŝŶ KĐƚŽďĞƌ ϮϬϮϰ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ĐƵƌƌĞŶƚ >ĞĂĚ ĂŶĚ ŽƉƉĞƌ ZƵůĞ ZĞǀŝƐŝŽŶƐ͕ ƚŚĞ W ŝƐ ŚŽƉŝŶŐ ƚŽ ŝƐƐƵĞ ƚŚĞ ĮŶĂů > Z/ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĨĂůů ŽĨ ϮϬϮϰ͕ ƚƌŝŐŐĞƌŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƐƚĂƌƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ϭϬͲǇĞĂƌ ĐůŽĐŬ ĨŽƌ ƌĞƉůĂĐĞŵĞŶƚƐ͘ This results ŝŶ ƐĞǀĞƌĂů ƋƵĞƐƟŽŶƐ ĨŽƌ ǁĂƚĞƌ ƐǇƐƚĞŵƐ – Should you start a lead service line ƌĞƉůĂĐĞŵĞŶƚ ƉƌŽũĞĐƚ ŶŽǁ͍ ,Žǁ ĚŽ ǇŽƵ ŝĚĞŶƟĨǇ ǁŚĞƌĞ ŝŶ ǇŽƵƌ ƐǇƐƚĞŵ ƚŽ ƐƚĂƌƚ͍ ,Žǁ ŵĂŶǇ ƐĞƌǀŝĐĞ ůŝŶĞƐ ƐŚŽƵůĚ ǇŽƵ ƌĞƉůĂĐĞ͍ /Ɛ ƚŚĞƌĞ ĨƵŶĚŝŶŐ ĂǀĂŝůĂďůĞ ĂŶĚ ŚŽǁ ĚŽ ǇŽƵ ŐĞƚ ŝƚ͍ dŚĞƐĞ ĂƌĞ ƚŚĞ ƐĂŵĞ ƋƵĞƐƟŽŶƐ ƚŚĞ ^ĐŚƵǇůŬŝůů ŽƵŶƚǇ DƵŶŝĐŝƉĂů ƵƚŚŽƌŝƚǇ ;^ D Ϳ ƉŽŶĚĞƌĞĚ ĂƐ ŝƚ ďĞŐĂŶ ŝƚƐ WŽƩƐǀŝůůĞ tĂƚĞƌ DĂŝŶ and Lead Service Line Replacement Project. Read on to learn about the ƉƌŽĐĞƐƐ ^ D ĂŶĚ ŝƚƐ ĞŶŐŝŶĞĞƌ͕ 'ĂŶŶĞƩ &ůĞŵŝŶŐ͕ ƵƐĞĚ ƚŽ ĐŚĂƌƚ Ă ƉĂƚŚ ĨŽƌǁĂƌĚ͕ ĚĞĮŶĞ ƚŚĞ ƉƌŽũĞĐƚ͕ ŽďƚĂŝŶ ĨƵŶĚŝŶŐ͕ ĂŶĚ ƉůĂŶ ĨŽƌ ĐŽŶƐƚƌƵĐƟŽŶ͕ ĂƐ ǁĞůů ĂƐ ƐŽŵĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƵŶŝƋƵĞ ĐŽŵƉŽŶĞŶƚƐ ĂůŽŶŐ ƚŚĞ ǁĂǇ͘ tŚǇ EŽǁ ĂŶĚ ǆĂĐƚůǇ ,Žǁ͍ Located in northeastern Pennsylvania, ^ D ŝƐ Ă ǁĂƚĞƌ ĂŶĚ ǁĂƐƚĞǁĂƚĞƌ ĂƵƚŚŽƌŝƚǇ ƉƌŽǀŝĚŝŶŐ ǁĂƚĞƌ ƐĞƌǀŝĐĞ ƚŽ ĂƉƉƌŽǆŝŵĂƚĞůǇ ϯϬ͕ϬϬϬ ƉĞŽƉůĞ͘ /ƚƐ ǁĂƚĞƌ ƐǇƐƚĞŵ ĚĂƚĞƐ ďĂĐŬ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ late 1800s and includes lead service lines. ^ D ǁĂƐ ĂǁĂƌĞ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ϮϬϮϭ &ĞĚĞƌĂů /ŶĨƌĂƐƚƌƵĐƚƵƌĞ /ŶǀĞƐƚŵĞŶƚ ĂŶĚ :ŽďƐ Đƚ ;//: Ϳ ƉƌŽǀŝĚĞĚ W EEs ^d ǁŝƚŚ ΨϴϳD ƉĞƌ ǇĞĂƌ ŝŶ >^> ƌĞƉůĂĐĞŵĞŶƚ ůŽĂŶ ĂŶĚ ƉƌŝŶĐŝƉĂů ĨŽƌŐŝǀĞŶĞƐƐ ;ŐƌĂŶƚͿ ĨƵŶĚŝŶŐ ĨŽƌ ĮƐĐĂů ǇĞĂƌƐ ϮϬϮϮͲϮϬϮϲ Ͳ ƚǁŽ ǇĞĂƌƐ ďĞĨŽƌĞ ŝŶǀĞŶƚŽƌǇ ĐŽŵƉůĞƟŽŶ ǁĂƐ ƌĞƋƵŝƌĞĚ͘ ^ŝŶĐĞ ƚŚĞ ĂƵƚŚŽƌŝƚǇ ǁĂƐ ĂůƌĞĂĚǇ undergoing inventory development ĂŶĚ ĨƵŶĚŝŶŐ ǁĂƐ ĂǀĂŝůĂďůĞ ĨŽƌ ďŽƚŚ inventory development and LSL ƌĞƉůĂĐĞŵĞŶƚƐ͕ ^ D ĞůĞĐƚĞĚ ƚŽ ŵŽǀĞ ĨŽƌǁĂƌĚ ǁŝƚŚ ĂŶ >^> ƌĞƉůĂĐĞŵĞŶƚ ƉƌŽũĞĐƚ͘ /ƚ ǁĂƐ ĚĞĐŝĚĞĚ ƚŽ ƐƚĂƌƚ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ƐŵĂůůĞƌ ƉƌŽũĞĐƚ͕ ĂƉƉƌŽǆŝŵĂƚĞůǇ 300 services, in order to learn the ŝŶƚƌŝĐĂĐŝĞƐ ĂƐƐŽĐŝĂƚĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ ŽďƚĂŝŶŝŶŐ funding and LSL replacements. ĞĮŶŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ WƌŽũĞĐƚ ^ D ͛Ɛ '/^ ŵĂƉƉŝŶŐ ŽīĞƌĞĚ ĚĂƚĂ ŽŶ many public service line materials. ,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ŝƚ ǁĂƐ ƌĞĐŽŐŶŝǌĞĚ ĚƵƌŝŶŐ its service line inventory that much of the private service line ŵĂƚĞƌŝĂůƐ ǁĞƌĞ ƵŶŬŶŽǁŶ͘ /Ŷ ŽƌĚĞƌ ƚŽ ŶĂƌƌŽǁ ƚŚĞ ƉƌŽũĞĐƚ ĂƌĞĂ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ >^> ƌĞƉůĂĐĞŵĞŶƚƐ͕ ŵƵůƟƉůĞ ĨĂĐƚŽƌƐ ǁĞƌĞ ĐŽŶƐŝĚĞƌĞĚ͕ ƐƚĂƌƟŶŐ ǁŝƚŚ ŝĚĞŶƟĨǇŝŶŐ ĞŶǀŝƌŽŶŵĞŶƚĂů ũƵƐƟĐĞ ; :Ϳ ĂƌĞĂƐ ƚŽ ĂůůŽĐĂƚĞ ĂŶƟĐŝƉĂƚĞĚ ĨƵŶĚŝŶŐ ŝŶ ĂƌĞĂƐ ŽĨ ŵŽƐƚ ŶĞĞĚ͘ : ĂƌĞĂƐ ĂƌĞ ĐĞŶƐƵƐ ƚƌĂĐƚ ďůŽĐŬ ĂƌĞĂƐ ŝĚĞŶƟĮĞĚ ďǇ federal and state agencies based on demographic data. The Pennsylvania ĞƉĂƌƚŵĞŶƚ ŽĨ ŶǀŝƌŽŶŵĞŶƚĂů WƌŽƚĞĐƟŽŶ͛Ɛ ;W WͿ ĐƵƌƌĞŶƚ ŵĂƉƉŝŶŐ tool uses >20% poverty and/or >30% ŵŝŶŽƌŝƚǇ ƉŽƉƵůĂƟŽŶ ĂƐ ŝĚĞŶƟĮĞƌƐ ĨŽƌ ĂŶ : ĂƌĞĂ͘ ^ D ĨŽĐƵƐĞĚ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ : ĂƌĞĂƐ ŝŶ ŝƚƐ WŽƩƐǀŝůůĞ ƐǇƐƚĞŵ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ is its oldest system and thereby ĐŽŶƚĂŝŶŝŶŐ ŝƚƐ ŚŝŐŚĞƐƚ ĐŽŶĐĞŶƚƌĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ lead services. dŚĞ ŶĞǆƚ ƐƚĞƉ ǁĂƐ ĚĞĐŝĚŝŶŐ ƚŽ ŝŶĐŽƌƉŽƌĂƚĞ Ă ǁĂƚĞƌ ŵĂŝŶ ƌĞƉůĂĐĞŵĞŶƚ into the LSL replacement project. ^ D ĐŽŶƐŝĚĞƌĞĚ ƚŚĞ ĚĞŶƐŝƚǇ ŽĨ ƐĞƌǀŝĐĞ ůŝŶĞ ǁŽƌŬ ŝŶ ƐƚƌĞĞƚƐ͕ ĂŵŽƵŶƚ of public versus private replacements, ǁĂƚĞƌ ŵĂŝŶ ĐŽŶĚŝƟŽŶ͕ ĞĐŽŶŽŵŝĞƐ ŽĨ scale, and availability of funding for ƚŚĞ ǁĂƚĞƌ ŵĂŝŶ ƌĞƉůĂĐĞŵĞŶƚ͘ tŚŝůĞ W EEs ^d ĐĂŶ ĨƵŶĚ ǁĂƚĞƌ ŵĂŝŶ ƌĞƉůĂĐĞŵĞŶƚƐ͕ ƚŚĞ //: ůĞĂĚ ůŝŶĞ ĨƵŶĚƐͬ ŐƌĂŶƚƐ ĐĂŶŶŽƚ ďĞ ƵƐĞĚ ĨŽƌ ǁĂƚĞƌ ŵĂŝŶ ƌĞƉůĂĐĞŵĞŶƚƐ͘ ^ D ĞůĞĐƚĞĚ ƚŽ ŝŶĐůƵĚĞ ǁĂƚĞƌ ŵĂŝŶ ƌĞƉůĂĐĞŵĞŶƚ ŽŶƟŶƵĞĚ ŽŶ ƉĂŐĞ ϰϴ͘

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