What to consider for the coming Lead and Copper Rule Improvements

Aug. 15, 2023

Jeff Swertfeger, water quality superintendent for the Greater Cincinnati Water Works, talks about considerations for finishing Lead Service Line Inventories, and the status of the Lead and Copper Rule Improvements.

Bob Crossen

Federal lead service line regulations are seeing some milestones on the horizon.

The U.S. EPA’s deadline for Lead Service Line Inventory information is fast approaching, requiring submissions by October 16, 2024. In addition, EPA is developing the Lead and Copper Rule Improvements (LCRI), with plans to finalize it before the inventory deadline.

To talk more about the improvements, Bob Crossen talked with Jeff Swertfeger, water quality superintendent of the Greater Cincinnati Water Works and regulatory chair for the American Water Works Association’s (AWWA’s) Water Utility Council.

In this video, Swertfeger describes what utilities should consider when finishing their Lead Service Line Inventories, and talks about the status of the LCRI and what utilities might anticipate.

Lead and Copper Rule resources

About the Author

Bob Crossen | Editorial Director

Bob Crossen is the editorial director for WaterWorld Magazine, Wastewater Digest, Stormwater Solutions, and Water Quality Products, which compose the Endeavor Business Media Water Group. Crossen graduated from Illinois State University in Dec. 2011 with a Bachelor of Arts in German and a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism. He has worked in business-to-business journalism covering the drinking water, wastewater, stormwater and point-of-use/point-of-entry markets since April or 2016. Crossen can be reached at [email protected] or 847.954.7980.