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Milwaukee Water Works
Our records list properties in Milwaukee with Lead Services Lines (LSLs) whether the property includes the utility-owned section from the main to the curb stop, the privately-owned section from the curb stop to the meter, or both. There are 164,000 water service lines in Milwaukee; as of December 31, 2022, there are approximately 66,000 active resdiential service lines.
We update our database as we replace LSLs and when our meter technicians identify a LSL while replacing a water meter. If your property is listed here but you replaced your section of lead service line with copper, please call Customer Service at (414) 286-2830 or email [email protected] and we will update our records.
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To quickly find a residential address*, use a keyboard shortcut by holding Ctrl + F, then enter the property address numbers and press the Enter key.
Master List of all residential properties with a lead service line (A compilation of the four lists above.)
*The current list reflects properties with a lead service line as of December 31, 2022.
To search a list of commercial properties with a lead service line, click here.
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A Sept 2017 EPA report quantified and compared contributions of lead from air, soil/dust, water and food to children's blood lead levels. Children living in older homes with lead-based paint hazards by far have the most exposure to lead. For 1- to 6- year olds in the top 90-100 percentile, more than 70% of the lead in their blood was from soil and dust. The contribution from food was 20% and drinking water was 10%. For infants, soil and dust contribute to 50% of the lead in blood, while 40% was from water and 10% from food. The EPA is now evaluating approaches to setting a health-based benchmark for lead in drinking water.