TY  - BOOK
AU  - Klemick, Heather
AU  -  Epstein, Kristin
AU  -  Kutzing, Sandra
AU  -  Parthum, Bryan
AU  -  Wolverton, Ann
TI  - Factors Influencing Customer Participation in a Program to Replace Lead Pipes for Drinking Water
SN  - 1573-1502
PB  - Environmental and Resource Economics
KW  -  Environmental Justice
KW  -  Field Experiment
KW  -  Lead Exposure
KW  -  Lead Service Lines
KW  -  Quasi-Experiment
KW  - Drinking Water
N2  - Many public water systems are struggling to locate and replace lead pipes that distribute drinking water across the United States. This study investigates factors associated with customer participation in a voluntary lead service line (LSL) inspection and replacement program. It also uses quasi-experimental and experimental methods to evaluate the causal impacts of two grant programs that subsidized homeowner replacement costs on LSL program participation. LSLs were more prevalent in areas with a higher concentration of older housing stock, Black and Hispanic residents, renters, and lower property values. Owner-occupied and higher valued properties were more likely to participate in the LSL program. Results from the two grant program evaluations suggest that subsidies for low-income homeowners to cover LSL replacement costs can significantly boost participation, but only when the programs are well publicized and easy to access. Even then, there was still significant non-participation among properties with confirmed LSLs
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1007/s10640-023-00836-9
ER  -