Lead and Copper Rule (LCR) Revisions

Lead and Copper Rule Revisions (LCRR)

The purpose of the LCRR (part of the Safe Drinking Water Act) is to protect public health by minimizing lead and copper levels in drinking water.

Water Service Line Inventories

Recent revisions require that all Community and Non-Transient, Non-Community public water systems must compile an inventory to identify the materials used for each water service line. The inventory must include all service lines connected to the PWS distribution system, regardless of ownership status. The material of the entire service line must be included, from the main to where the line enters the building.

The goal of this effort is to either ensure there are no lead materials in the water system, or to find out where lead may be located, so that it can then be removed and replaced.

Water systems throughout Alaska have the option to upload their water service line inventory results to our Lead-Safe Alaska Portal. The portal website (https://ak-lsli-adec.hub.arcgis.com/) shows a live summary of Alaska’s progress on the lead service line inventory and allows you to see the material classification of service lines already submitted to the State.

Watch this video for how to navigate the Lead Safe Alaska Portal.