CELA released a report urging Ontario municipalities to stop conducting partial lead service line (LSL) replacements.
These occur when the portion of lead pipe on public property is replaced and then re-attached to the old lead line if the property owner does not pay to complete the replacement. Lead service lines are the primary contributor to high lead levels in residential drinking water.
No amount of lead is safe. Ontario municipalities can and should work towards a lead-free future.
This publication is available below and on the Canadian Environmental Law Archive website; click here to open it in a new tab.
Report – End of the Line: A better way for municipalities to get the lead out of our drinking water
CELA released a report urging Ontario municipalities to stop conducting partial lead service line (LSL) replacements.
These occur when the portion of lead pipe on public property is replaced and then re-attached to the old lead line if the property owner does not pay to complete the replacement. Lead service lines are the primary contributor to high lead levels in residential drinking water.
No amount of lead is safe. Ontario municipalities can and should work towards a lead-free future.
This publication is available below and on the Canadian Environmental Law Archive website; click here to open it in a new tab.
CELA Publication Number: 1649
ISBN: 978-1-77842-031-3
More information about lead in drinking water is available on CELA’s law reform page.
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