BlueConduit Comments On EPA's Proposed Lead And Copper Rule Improvements (LCRI)

BlueConduit recently submitted comments to the EPA on the proposed Lead and Copper Rule Improvements (LCRI). We are committed to achieving a lead-free drinking water system through evidence-based decision making  and applaud the EPA for establishing a timeline for the replacement of all lead service lines in the United States.

We know that a reliable lead service line inventory is essential and fundamental to meet upcoming compliance requirements in both the LCRR and the proposed LCRI. We have also observed that visually verifying every service line’s materials is an expensive endeavor for water systems, disruptive for communities, and not the best use of limited resources.  Accordingly, we focused our LCRI recommendations on:

• Adherence with established best practices in statistics and data-driven decision making in the face of uncertainty to increase trust and reliability in the inventory and replacement processes, 
• Increasing the efficiency of water utility compliance efforts, and 
• Increasing public transparency

Here’s a closer look at some of our recommendations and comments.