BlueConduit Launches Free LCRR Compliance Data Validation Tool
Ready to check if your inventory data matches the EPA template? We have launched an online data validation tool that allows you to upload your data, map fields and values, and see potential errors and warnings. This tool is free of charge. Use it to ensure your data is LCRR compliant via a few simple […]
August 2023 Water Utility Events
BlueConduit will be in St. Paul, Minnesota, Columbus, Ohio, and Ocean City, Maryland in August. Let’s connect! August 16 | Esri Midwest Water User Group | St. Paul, MN Come to network with other water utilities, hear the presentations. BlueConduit is sponsoring the lunch and will also present at the event. Register on Eventbrite. August […]
BlueConduit Launches a Water System-level Lead Service Line Count and Replacement Cost Estimator
It’s estimated 9 million lead pipes carry drinking water to millions of people in the U.S. (ANN ARBOR, Mich.) July 10, 2023 — Water utilities nationwide are working to find and replace their lead service lines (LSLs) without knowing how many are in their system. To help utilities plan, water analytics pioneer BlueConduit launched a […]
Databricks Recognizes BlueConduit as a Data for Good 2023 Award Finalist
Databricks announced their Data Team awards, and it recognized BlueConduit as one of five Data for Good Award Finalists. The award winners in each category will be announced at their Data and AI Summit on June 27, 2023 at 6PM. More about the award The Data for Good Award salutes the data teams who are […]
When a Representative Sample of Service Lines Reveals Zero Lead, What Can You Say?
It’s easy to find evidence for a risk of lead exposure from water service lines: once you find a lead service line, you know there is some risk. But how do we show that there isn’t a meaningful risk of lead in our water system? In some communities, water utility personnel with decades of experience […]
BlueConduit at the Esri User Conference 2023
Headed to the Esri UC in San Diego in July? We are too! Come say hello to our team including Earl McDowell, Jr, Metise Moore Sr, Ian Robinson, and Lorne Groe at the event. Find us at booth 412. Exhibit hours: BlueConduit is an Esri Silver Partner and has System Ready status. Exchanging data with […]
120Water and BlueConduit Strategic Partnership
120Water and BlueConduit Announce Strategic Partnership to Bring Machine Learning to Utilities Focused on Finding and Replacing Lead Service Lines [Toronto, June 12, 2023] – 120Water, a leading digital water platform, and BlueConduit, the pioneer of predictive analytics for water utilities, are pleased to announce their strategic partnership to enhance water quality solutions and promote […]
WaterWorld: Detroit uses Machine Learning for LSL Inventory and Replacement
The Detroit Water and Sewerage Department (DWSD) is using BlueConduit’s machine learning in their efforts to replace the city’s lead service lines (LSLs). Their work is getting state and federal funding and national notice. WaterWorld magazine recently published “How Detroit uses machine learning to solve its lead service line challenges” article. Cities nationwide have challenges […]
BlueConduit announces Lorne Groe as CEO
BlueConduit is excited to announce Lorne Groe as our Chief Executive Officer. Lorne Groe is an experienced startup leader. Lorne was most recently the CFO/COO at two very successful venture-backed Ann Arbor startups (4 yrs DeepField Networks + 4 yrs Censys) and served as interim-CEO (9 mo. at Censys). Before embracing the tech startup life, […]
Predictive Modeling for Lead Service Lines at AWWA ACE23 Conference
Are you planning to attend the world’s premier water conference? Meet us at the American Water Works Association (AWWA) ACE in Toronto June 11-14. This year’s ACE Conference theme is The Future of Water is 2050. By then we plan to have removed lead service lines (LSLs) from our drinking water system. Catch us to […]
Get the Lead out of New Orleans Digital Kickoff
[edited May 11, 2023 to add the video and link to the press release] WHO: WE ACT for Environmental Justice, NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council), BlueConduit, Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans, The Water Collaborative of Greater New Orleans, Total Community Action, Civic Studio WHAT: Announcement of an interactive inventory that allows residents to […]
Progress in Toledo and Buffalo powered by Lead Service Line Maps
The Rockefeller Foundation recently published “Tackling Clean Water Advocacy, a Different Way: The Rise of BlueConduit“. The article highlights Toledo, Ohio, and Buffalo, New York. Both cities are replacing lead service lines in their drinking water system, and they’re using BlueConduit’s predictions and maps to do it efficiently. Yet the value of tech goes beyond […]
Video: Detroit Water & Sewerage Department and BlueConduit
My name is Bryan Peckinpaugh. I’m the Public Affairs Director for the Detroit Water & Sewerage Department, and I’ve been part of the Lead Service Line Replacement Program since we launched it in 2018. We are a city of single-family homes, so there are a lot of individual lead service lines. We have more than […]
How to Identify and Address Bias in your LSL Inventories
Every community wants to find and remove every lead water service line in their water system. The necessary first step is creating an accurate lead service line inventory (LSLI), so that you know where to dig, and can properly prioritize where to start. But creating that inventory is extremely tricky. Most utilities and municipalities have […]
Why We Use AWS for Our Machine Learning Platform at BlueConduit
Our public drinking water system requires investment and maintenance. There are hundreds of thousands of water main breaks each year and even when the system works well it loses billions of gallons to leaks annually. In most communities, sections of the water system are at least 100 years old—and likely include lead service lines. This […]
Meet the Team: Abay Israel
Abay is BlueConduit’s Director of Product Management. Here’s a quick Q&A with Abay. Why did you join BlueConduit? I joined BlueConduit because I was really interested in the mission of the company, and being a father of two young kids, getting the lead out of the water system is one of my highest priorities to […]
Why Let a Computer Tell Me Where to Dig? Separating the Benefits of Data Science from “AI” Snake Oil
As an increasing number of non-specialists have gained access to AIs like ChatGPT and DALL-E, many of us have begun to wonder: “Is ‘machine learning’ just digital snake oil?” At first glance, these machine learning models seem incredible: a simple prompt and a click of a button yields mind-blowing art and ready-to-run articles—who knew that […]
Data sources for LSLI and LSLR
BlueConduit has a fundamentally data-driven approach to lead service line inventory (LSLI) and removal (LSLR). Learn how our statistical models perform best when they have high-quality water system data to work with.
LCRR Compliance in WF&M Journal
Water Finance & Management Journal spoke with several water industry experts in its “Staying Ahead of Lead” Q & A. The article included the perspectives of: Maureen Cunningham, Chief Strategy Officer and Director of Water, Environmental Policy Innovation Center (EPIC) Jonathon Cuppett, Director of Water Quality Compliance, 120Water Mike McGill, President, WaterPIO & LeadandCopperRule.com Ian […]
Video: BC’s Co-Founder, Eric Schwartz talks the need to digitize LSL records to WaterWorld Magazine
The clock is ticking! ⏰ The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) Lead and Copper Rule has a deadline for utilities coming soon: the Lead Service Line Inventory information must be submitted by Oct. 16, 2024. Hear from BlueConduit’s co-founder, Eric Schwartz, and discover what challenges utilities might face in preparing their inventories. Eric talked to […]
Water Online on BlueConduit and the Biden-Harris Get the Lead Out Partnership
The Biden-Harris Get the Lead Out Partnership launched in January with a summit of national leaders in the effort to identify and replace lead. BlueConduit is proud to participate in the partnership and attend the summit. Water Online’s Editor Kevin Westerling spoke with BlueConduit’s Public Sector Relationships Manager, Sheela Lal, on the national effort. “No […]
BlueConduit February 2023 Events – California and Chicago
BlueConduit is headed to California! The Esri Southern California Water User Group Meeting will be held in Redlands, CA on February 15, 2023. BlueConduit’s Chief Product Officer, Dunrie Greiling, will be attending! Event information Also, don’t miss BlueConduit in Chicago, Illinois at the Esri Midwest User Conference February 22-23. Catch Raanan Gurewitsch, Data Scientist, R&D, and […]
Meet the Team: Dunrie Greiling
Dunrie is BlueConduit’s VP of Marketing. Here’s a quick Q&A with Dunrie. Why did you join BlueConduit? Water is life. Access to clean water is a right. Simply put, I admired what BlueConduit has already accomplished and wanted to help expand the platform and help local officials and engineering companies Get the Lead Out across […]
Five Reasons to Start Building Your LSL Inventory NOW
Multiple factors are pushing water utilities to be more transparent about pipe materials in their distribution system. These factors include new regulations and increased public awareness about the risk of lead in drinking water. Municipalities and utilities know they have an Environmental Protection Agency compliance deadline (pursuant to current Lead and Copper Rule Revisions) to […]
Video: White House Get the Lead Pipe Summit Panel
On Friday, January 27, the Biden-Harris Administration held a White House Replacing Lead Pipes Summit. BlueConduit’s co-Founder Eric Schwartz attended the event in person, and BlueConduit signed onto the Get the Lead Out Partnership. Hear a Family’s Story Close to the end of the Summit broadcast, Ms. Deanna Branch stood to give her testimony about […]
BlueConduit Joins First-Ever White House Partnership to Address Lead Pipe Crisis
6 to 12 million lead pipes carry drinking water to millions of people in the U.S., per latest estimate (WASHINGTON) January 27, 2023 — At the White House today, water analytics leader BlueConduit unites with over 100 organizations for a summit to expedite the removal of lead in drinking water across the U.S. The event […]
Video: Finding and Replacing Lead Service Lines is No Simple Task
Replacing Lead Service Lines with Predictive Modeling Video Transcript There are believed to be 6 to 10 million lead service lines in use throughout the United States. These lead lines continue to be the primary source of lead contamination in our drinking water. But finding and replacing these lead lines is no simple task. We […]
In the News: Toledo DPU featured in Municipal Sewer and Water Magazine
Municipal Sewer and Water Magazine showcased the work that Toledo has been doing to remove lead. The article, “A Faster Fix for Lead Water Lines“, details Toledo’s lead service line replacement approach and progress, powered by BlueConduit. In the article, Mark Riley, Administrator for the city of Toledo’s Department of Public Utilities, explains how Toledo […]
EPIC releases LSL Replacement Guide
The Environmental Policy Innovation Center (EPIC) just released, “From the Ground Up: A guide to replacing the nation’s toxic lead pipes over the next decade”. This forty-one page report provides a blueprint for all municipalities, utilities and policymakers for lead service line replacement (LSLR). Time is the one thing not on your side when it […]
Video: Smart Water Equity: Data-Enabled Affordability and Justice
On November 9, 2022, the Cleveland Water Alliance held its November 2022 Water Data Forum on smart water equity. The discussion, hosted by Max Herzog of Cleveland Water Alliance, explored systemic injustices in the world of water, decision making and funding on a federal level, the importance of community outreach and visibility and whether the […]
