Guide to Evaluate Predictive Modeling for Lead
How to Evaluate Predictive Models for Lead Service Line Inventory and Replacement The EPA has included predictive modeling as a service line material investigation method. The approach sounds straightforward: use the information you know to make predictions about what you don’t yet know. If you are not a trained data scientist, how do you pick an […]
State Recovery Now playbook for getting the lead out
The $350 billion enacted for state and local aid in the American Rescue Plan Act is the largest amount of flexible federal funding ever approved by Congress. BlueConduit’s team authored a policy playbook as part of the State Recovery Now, a program of America Achieves, about how policymakers can leverage this unprecedented opportunity to address […]
Day One Project Whitepaper
American Rescue Plan Funding: A Playbook for Efficiently Getting the Lead Out Lead is a neurotoxin that continues to harm communities across the country. Though new uses of lead in paint, gasoline, and pipes have been banned for several decades, lead in legacy products and materials remains in communities, posing an ongoing threat to human […]
BlueConduit and EPIC analyze patterns in EPA Lead and Copper Rule public comments
Data Science for Lead Service Line Inventories Whitepaper
Principles of Data Science for Lead Service Line Inventories and Replacement Programs Water systems face many challenges as they work to become Lead and Copper Rule Revision compliant. There’s a lot of uncertainty in service line records. Without knowing the count and location of lead service lines, water systems cannot plan efficient removal plans.  […]
