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Lead and Copper Rule Compliance: Strategies for Small Water Systems | CRWA SERIES | EP 1
CRWA Series EP 1: Caroline Miller and Aaron Averett on how small water systems can build service line inventories under the Lead and Copper Rule.
This episode comes from the 2024 Colorado Rural Water Association annual conference. It looks at a hard task for small and rural water systems: complying with the Lead and Copper Rule Revisions.
At the time, systems had until October 16, 2024 to build an inventory of their service line materials.
Guests
Caroline Miller, LEED AP, CDT, of WSP, and Aaron Averett of Sunrise Engineering, Inc. They share how they teamed up to help small systems meet the rule.
In this episode
- How small water systems can find the age and material of their service lines to meet the revised rule.
- Free technical help from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment for small systems building service line inventories.
- How existing records, from assessor data to billing information, give an inventory a head start and help avoid needless digging.
- How asset management helps systems plan to maintain, renew and replace assets, and make the case for funding.
- Practical steps Aaron and Caroline use to identify and manage service lines.
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