Small water systems with lead, galvanized or unknown lines

Which water system needs the plan?

Draft the service line replacement plan the Lead and Copper Rule Improvements require by Nov. 1, 2027, from the inventory you filed. Free to read.

  • Free to read
  • No sign-up until the draft
  • Every fact cites its source
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ePlan fills in

  • Population served
  • Service connections
  • Households by area
  • Violations on record

How it works

Service line replacement plan, from one answer

  1. Enter your system and your inventory counts.One answer starts the project. ePlan names it and looks up the place.
  2. ePlan fills the system facts and sets replacement priorities from your inventory.3 more questions, each with a "not sure yet" way out.
  3. Read the plan free, then download it to submit to your state.The draft marks what to check (amber), what to pick (blue) and what to fill in (violet).

What you get

Service line replacement plan and 2 more documents

The first draft is free to read. Each document after it is drafted from the same confirmed facts.

The first draft

Service line replacement plan

  1. Strategy to identify lead status unknown lines
  2. Full service line replacement procedure
  3. Customer notice before replacement
  4. Flushing procedure after disturbance or replacement
  5. Replacement priorities
  6. Funding strategy and help for customers who can't pay

Modeled on: 40 CFR 141.84(c)

Next · 2

Replacement progress report

  1. Lines replaced this year
  2. Replacement pool and cumulative rate
  3. Inventory changes
Next · 3

Consumer Confidence Report

  1. Detected contaminants
  2. Lead information
  3. Contacts

From public data

What ePlan fills in, and from where

Nov. 1, 2027

is the date every system with lead, galvanized or unknown service lines must have its service line replacement plan
Source: 40 CFR 141.84(c) and 141.80(a)(3), eCFR

Questions

Lead Service Line Replacement Plan: what people ask

When is the service line replacement plan due?

Systems with any lead, galvanized-requiring-replacement or lead-status-unknown service lines must create the plan by the rule's compliance date, November 1, 2027, and submit it to the state.

Source: ecfr.gov

What must the plan include?

How you'll identify unknown lines; your replacement procedure; customer notice and flushing steps; replacement priorities; a funding strategy, including help for customers who can't pay their share; customer communication; and any laws that affect access or cost sharing.

Source: ecfr.gov

How fast must lines be replaced?

At an average annual rate of at least 10 percent of the replacement pool, measured over a cumulative period, unless the system is subject to a shortened rate or qualifies for a deferred one.

Source: ecfr.gov

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