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Home My WebLink About31. 2017 Lead Service Line Replacement Pilot Program12/2/2016 /źƷǤƚŅhƭŷƉƚƭŷ LeadServiceLine Replacement \[źƓķğaƚŷƩͲt9ƚķķ9ƌƌźƚƷƷͲt9 5ĻĭĻƒĬĻƩЊЌͲЋЉЊЏ Agenda •Leadanddrinkingwaterbackground •2017privateleadserviceline replacementpilotproject •Planningforreplacementofalllead servicelinesinOshkosh 1 12/2/2016 Acronyms AWWAAmericanWaterWorksAssociation LCRLeadandCopperRule LSLLeadServiceLine LSLRLeadServiceLineReplacement SDWASafeDrinkingWaterAct PSCPublicServiceCommission WDNRWisconsinDepartmentofNaturalResources USEPAUnitedStatesEnvironmentalProjectionAgency Commonsourcesoflead •Mostcommonhouseholdleadhazardsarelead basedpaints,dustaspaintsdeteriorate,and contaminatedsoil •Leadcanalsoleachintodrinkingwaterfromlead piping,pipesolderandplumbingfixtures •TheEPAestimatesupto20%ofadultleadexposure isfromdrinkingwater;formulafedinfantscouldbe ashighas60% 2 12/2/2016 Leadhealtheffects •Exposuretoleadcancausebehaviorproblemsand learningdisabilitiesinsmallchildren •Children,infants,fetusesmostsusceptible •Otherrisksincludekidneydamageandhighblood pressure Nosafeleadbloodlevelhasbeenidentifiedandallsources ofleadexposureforchildrenshouldbecontrolledor eliminated.Leadconcentrationsindrinkingwatershould bebelowtheU.S.EnvironmentalProtection!ŭĻƓĭǤ͸ƭ actionlevelof15partsperbillion. Α/ĻƓƷĻƩƭforDiseaseControlandPrevention Leadservicelinereplacementisnationalchallenge •LSLsareprevalent •Over6,000,000inUS (AWWA,2016) •Over176,000inWI (WDNR,2016) •Replacingagingwater infrastructureis expensive •AportionofeachLSLis ownedbypublicutility,a portionbyprivate propertyowner 3 12/2/2016 Localcommunitychallenge •PrivatesideLSLreplacements cannotbepaidforusingwater utilityfunds •Generally,thereisnolegalmeans tocompelapropertyownerto replaceLSL •ManycommunitiesprohibitLSLby localordinance •Mostpropertyownersare reluctanttoreplaceLSLbecauseof cost,inconvenience,andpotential tocausepropertydamage Waterutilitychallenge •LSLRisexceptionallycomplexbecauseit involvesthousandsofpropertyownersand extensiveamountsoftimeandmoney •Effectiveengagementiskeytosuccess 4 12/2/2016 2016leadindrinkingwaternews •NationalspotlightonFlint,Michigan •Changeinwatersourceandwatertreatmentstrategies resultedinelevatedleadlevels •EPAevaluatingchangestoregulationswhichmay resultinincreaseddetectionofleadinhomes •AmericanWaterWorksAssociationannouncedits supportoffullleadservicelinereplacement •SafeDrinkingWaterLoanprogramfundingforfull LSLreplacements EffortstoReduceLeadinDrinkingWater 5 12/2/2016 NationalDrinkingWaterAdvisoryCouncilRegulation Recommendations •Prohibitorlimitpartialleadserviceline replacements •PostingallsamplingresultstothewaterǒƷźƌźƷǤ͸ƭ publiclyaccessiblewebsite •RequireinventoryofnumberandlocationofLSLs •Establishnationaldatesforcompleted replacementofallLSLs •Provideeducationalinformationandresources tocustomers http://usat.ly/1puCgFG 6 12/2/2016 WhatareotherWIutilitiesdoing? •Madison •Replaced8,000public&5,600privateLSLsin11years •Provided50%reimbursementupto$1000value •GreenBay •Toreplaceabout1,500public&150ΑЋͲЉЉЉprivateLSLsin6years •Providing100%reimbursement •Racine •Toreplace9,700public&11,000privateLSLsinyearstocome •Planningon100%reimbursementupto$2,500 OshkoshWaterSystem •Estimated11,100homeswithleadservice lines(~30%ofservicearea) •Leadcorrosioninhibitoraddedattreatment plantandwatersamplescomplywith currentleadregulations •IncompliancewithLCRforlast20years •Todate,utilityhasreplaced1,400lead servicelinesonthepublicsideaspartof watermainreplacementprojects 7 12/2/2016 CityofOshkoshLSLRPilotProject •WNDRmadeavailable$14.5MillionSDWLGrants •UsedsolelyforprivateLSLRs •FundsavailablefrompreviouslyunusedSDWLfunds •Oshkoshreceived$500,000grantforFY17 •Estimated200+LSLRstobecompletedaspartofFY17watermainreplacementprojects •Accountsforabout2%oftotalLSLRsremaining •Appliedfor$500,000grantforFY18 •FocusonhighprioritycustomerLSLRs(i.e.schools,licenseddaycares) •ReplaceadditionalLSLRsaspartofFY18watermainreplacementprojects LSLRPilotProjectElements •Utilizeprequalified,licensedplumberstoconductLSLRs •ProvideleadwaterfilterandleadsamplingforeachLSLR •UpdateCitywebsitewithusefulLSLRandleadindrinking waterinformation •DevelopordinancerequiringLSLreplacements •Establishpublicprivatecostshare 8 12/2/2016 CostshareImpactonPrivateLSLRsin2017 800 700 AdditionalLSLRscouldbe completedifcostsharereduced 600 LSLR 500 200LSLRs 400 Private identifiedfor of FY17 300 Number 200 100 25%50%75%100% CityCostShare FinancialImplicationstoCustomers $2,500 EstimatedaverageprivateLSLRisabout$2,000. Actualcostsmayvarywithhomeownersiteconditions. $2,000 LSLR $1,500 per Cost $1,000 Average $500 $ 0%25%50%75%100% PrivateLSLRCityCostShare(%) CustomerCostCityCost 9 12/2/2016 FinancialImplicationstoWaterUtilityandCity $8,000,000 PublicLSLR:$4.6M/yr $7,000,000 PrivateLSLR:$2.5M/yr City to $6,000,000 Total:$7.1M/yr PublicLSLR:$1.3M/yr $5,000,000 Costs PrivateLSLR:$0.9M/yr Total:$2.2M/yr $4,000,000 Program $3,000,000 LSLR $2,000,000 Annual $1,000,000 $0 10075502501007550250100755025010075502501007550250 15 102025 30 PrivateLSLRCostShare(%) LSLRPROGRAMDURATION(YEARS) PublicLSLRPrivateLSLR FinancialImplicationstoWaterUtilityandCity $80,000,000 TotalLSLRProgramCoststoCity $68,700,000 $62,500,000 $70,000,000 $56,200,000 $49,900,000 City $60,000,000 $25,400,000 to $19,200,000 $43,300,000 $50,000,000 $12,900,000 PrivateLSLRCosts Costs $6,600,000 $40,000,000 PrivateLSLRCosts Program $30,000,000 LSLR $20,000,000 PublicLSLRCosts($43,000,000) Total PublicLSLRCosts(~$43M) $10,000,000 $ 0%25%50%75%100% PrivateLSLRCostShare(%) 10 12/2/2016 NumberofLSLRsperYear 1200 1000 Increaseof700LSLRsperYear 800 Year 600 per 400 LSLR 200 0 1015202530 LSLRProgramDuration,Years LSLRwithoutStreetPavingProject PrivateLSLR(PublicPortionPreviouslyReplaced) LSLRwithStreetPavingProject 2017&2018PilotProjectOutcomes •Applylessonslearned •Installationtechniques •Customerresources •Costs •WhilethereareongoingdiscussionsabouthowlongLSLRshouldtakeand howtopayforit,thereislowriskandmeasurablebenefitinproactively workingtodevelopalongtermplanƷŷğƷ͸ƭrightforOshkosh. 11 12/2/2016 NextSteps •UpcomingforCommonCouncilreview •Recommendedcostsharevaluefor2017pilotproject •RecommendedMunicipalCodeChapter20revisions Questions&Discussion 12 Things you should know about lead in drinking water Important information about lead Lead is a common, naturally occurring metal that is found throughout the environment in lead- based paint, air, soil, household dust and occasionally water. Lead can pose a significant risk to your health if too much enters your body. If present, elevated levels of lead can cause serious health problems, especially for pregnant women and young children. Oshkosh’s drinking water is safe to drink and meets or exceeds all drinking water regulations. Lead is not found in Oshkosh’s source water, Lake Winnebago, and is not in water as it leaves the drinking water treatment plant. Lead may enter drinking water as a result of corrosion of lead piping, lead pipe solder, and household plumbing fixtures containing lead. Oshkosh adds a phosphate compound, which meets the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) standards for safety, to coat water pipes and prevent leaching of lead into drinking water and which successful in reducing lead levels. Oshkosh water samples from customer taps are below the regulated action level of 15 parts per billion. Constant exposure of water to lead in plumbing can cause lead to become dissolved in the water. This occurs when water sits in a pipe too long. If water has been sitting for several hours, you can minimize the potential for lead exposure by flushing your tap for 7 minutes before using water for drinking or cooking. If you are concerned about lead in your water, you may wish to have your water tested. Information on lead in drinking water, testing methods and steps you can take to minimize exposure is available from the Safe Drinking Water Hotline (800- 426-4791) or from the USEPA’s informational website https://www.epa.gov/ground-water-and- drinking-water/basic-information-about-lead-drinking-water How lead enters our water Lead in drinking water, although rarely the sole cause of lead poisoning, can increase a person’s total lead exposure, particularly the exposure of infants who drink baby formula and concentrated juices that are mixed with water. The EPA estimates that drinking water can make up to 20% of a person’s total exposure to lead. Lead service map City water mains are not made of lead. Water service lines (the small pipe between a water main and a home) are partially owned by the City and partially owned by the property owner. Water service lines may be made of lead. City, or public, service line – the pipeline between the water main and the curb stop Homeowner, or private, service line – the pipeline between the curb stop and the water meter There are an estimated 7,500 – 9,700 public lead service lines and an estimated 11,000 private lead service lines. The lead service map \[link to City lead service map\] shows only the services which are lead on the City, or public, portion of the service line. How to check if your service line is made of lead Homeowners’ water service lines may be made of lead, copper, galvanized steel or plastic. To check if your service line is made of lead, follow these steps: You will need: 1.Find the water meter in your basement. Look at the pipe Key or a that comes through the coin outside wall of your house Strong and connects to your meter. refrigerator 2.Carefully scratch the pipe magnet (like you would a lottery ticket) with a key or a coin. Do not use a knife or other sharp tool. Take care not to make a hole in the pipe. If the scratch turns a shiny silver color, it could be lead or steel. 3.Place the magnet on the pipe. If the magnet sticks, it is steel pipe. A licensed and insured plumber can also inspect your pipes and other plumbing for lead. Things you can do to reduce lead in your drinking water Take these steps to reduce exposure to lead in water if you have a lead service line: Flush your plumbing. Before using tap water for drinking or cooking, run the cold water until it is noticeably colder. Do this if the water has been standing unused in your pipes for more than 6 hours, such as overnight. Tap water can safely be used for activities such as bathing, washing hands, washing dishes, and laundry. These activities help flush the pipes. Drink and cook only with water from the cold tap. Never drink or cook with water from the hot water tap. Hot water dissolves lead from pipes. Boiling the water does not remove lead. Households with children and pregnant women should consider using bottled water or filtered tap water for formula, concentrated juices, cooking and drinking. Regularly remove the screen and aerator from faucets, rinse out any particles, and re- attach. Particles may contain lead and could collect at the faucet. Clean faucet aerators once a month, or more frequently if there is water utility construction work nearby. Clean aerators after any household plumbing work is completed. Other steps you may consider: Purchase a home filtration system. Drinking water filtration systems or pour-through filters can reduce or eliminate lead. Look for products certified by NSF/ANSI under Standard 53 for removal of lead and follow the manufacturer’s guidelines for installing and maintaining the filter. A list of filters capable of removing lead is provided at the National Science Foundation website http://www.nsf.org/newsroom/statement-regarding-flint-water-system-lead-issue-and- to-certification-nsf Replace your lead service line or interior plumbing. A licensed plumber can provide an estimate. If you decide to do this, please call Pete Gulbronson (920) 236-5258, for more information. Have your water tested for lead. Find a laboratory where you can have your water tested for lead or call Pete Gulbronson at (920) 236-5258. The Oshkosh Water Utility does not offer routine water testing. Wisconsin laboratories, including those listed below, can provide lead testing. Northern Lake Service, Inc.715-478-2777 Badger Laboratories & Engineering Company, Inc. 920-729-1100 Eurofins S-F Analytical Laboratories Inc. 262-754-5300 Davy Laboratories608-782-3130 TG Analytical Laboratories 920-757-1355 Flush your plumbing after any water utility work or internal plumbing work. Physical disturbance of the lead service line or lead plumbing by activities such as water main replacement, service line leaks, home plumbing repair, water meter replacement, or main breaks may release lead into the water. Here’s how to flush your household plumbing after work is completed: 1.Remove screens and aerators from the end of all faucets and rinse particles from them. 2.Starting in the lowest level (basement) and working to the top floor, turn on the cold water. 3.After the water runs for 5-10 minutes, start at the top floor and turn off the water, finishing in the basement. Re-attach the screens and aerators to the faucets. Replacing lead service lines Since 2011 the Oshkosh as spent more than $4 million dollars replacing about 1,400 public lead service lines. Oshkosh is in the process of developing a program to fully replace lead service lines in the City. These efforts will take several years and cost tens of millions of dollars. Complete lead service line replacements are planned as follows: Infrastructure coordination - Where possible, our lead service line replacement program follows planned street, sewer and other infrastructure improvement projects. This decreases situations where the same street is opened up more than once for improvement projects. Schools and licensed daycares - Lead service lines associated with schools and registered daycare centers will be replaced by 2018. Complete partial service line replacements – replace the private portion of service lines where the public portion has already been replaced. EPA’s lead regulation The EPA sets upper limits or maximum contaminant levels (MCLs) for most substances it regulates in a utility's drinking water system. These MCLs are set at levels designed to protect the health of customers. For most contaminants, testing takes place at the utility's treatment plant or in its distribution system. Lead is different, because it's not commonly found in a water utility's source water or its distribution system. Usually, lead dissolves into drinking water after the water has entered the customer's property. For lead, EPA has set an action level designed to measure a utility's effectiveness in controlling the corrosiveness of drinking water so that lead doesn't easily dissolve into it. For lead, EPA requires that samples be taken from faucets inside the homes of a certain number of customers. These tests must be taken in homes likely to have the highest concentration of lead. That includes houses with lead service lines and houses with copper plumbing built just before lead-based solder was outlawed in the late 1980s. EPA's action level for lead is 15 parts per billion at the 90th percentile. That means 90 percent of the homes sampled for lead have to have a lead concentration of 15 parts per billion or less. Utilities that exceed the action level need to do more to reduce the corrosiveness of their drinking water, increase their public information campaign, and begin removing lead service lines, if they have any. Oshkosh Water Utility completes the required sampling and sample results comply with all drinking water regulations. If you have questions about lead in drinking water, call Pete Gulbronson at (920) 236-5258. Lead Service Line Replacement Program Examples Madison Green Bay Racine Milwaukee Washington, D.C. 68,000 37,250 35,150 175,000 130,000 Total Service Connections Estimated Number Public-Side LSLs 8,000 1,480 9,700 70,000 20,400 5,600 160 - 2,200 11,000 70,000 29,000 Estimated Number Private-Side LSLs Estimated Public & Private LSLR Cost 11 $ 15.5 million $7.8 - $14 million $54 - $74 million $511 - $756 million $408 million Program Duration Completed in 11 years years To be determined To be determined 14 years and ongoing $2,000 $5,000 $2,700 - $4,800 $3,800 Average Public LSLR cost Estimated Private LSLR cost $1,340 $3,000 $2,500 $3,500 - $7,000 n/a Low-interest loans and grants for 50% reimbursement up to $1,000 100% reimbursement 100% up to $2,500 In development Private Side Cost-Share income-eligible property owners $5.2 million proposed for 2016 & 2017 for Revenue from water tower cell phone $500,000 SDWL (2017) DC Dept. of Housing and Human Private LSLR Financial Support $500,000 SDWL (2017) estimate 685 LSLRs. $5.2 million includes leases and wastewater utility rates $300,000 Lambau Field Tax Credit Development $2.6 million 2017 SDWL Free lead water testing for homes with Web-based info on LSLR program, lead Web-based info on LSLR program Web-based information on lead awareness health effects, and how-to self-inspect Residential flyers, Call to prequalify and lead health effects, Online with Brown County Health Department, and health effects; LSL map; guidance for Public Communication LSLs (with pictures), Community plumbers, Web-based info on LSLR interactive LSL map, Community Web-based information including pipe minimizing lead exposure; links to EPA, meetings, LSL self-inspection program and lead health effects meetings, Telephone hotline, Free material self-inspection guide, and map of CDC, and AWWA information resources workshops lead water testing Green Bay LSLs Mandatory or Voluntary Ordinance changes to make mandatory Required through Ordinance Required through Ordinance Voluntary Voluntary LSLRs under review Replacement Public-private partnership (AO Smith, United Way of Greater Milwaukee & None; high velocity flushing by Utility and Water filters provided following None None Waukesha County) providing Aquasana Point of Use Filters sampling after each LSLR public LSL replacement brand filters to low-income LSL owners with children Free filter and replacement Two water tests during 1-year post-Free water quality tests immediately Provide customers with information about cartridge, telephone reminders to Post-replacement Monitoring Free water sampling upon request replacement following service commercial laboratories replace cartridge, free post-public LSLR lead water testing Њ͵ 9ƭƷźƒğƷĻķ ĭƚƭƷ ķƚĻƭ ƓƚƷ źƓĭƌǒķĻ ƦƩźǝğƷĻΏƭźķĻ ĭƚƭƷ źƓ ĻǣĭĻƭƭ ƚŅ υЋͲЎЉЉ͵