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022			_a1573-1502
100			_aKlemick, Heather _9122287
245		0	_aFactors Influencing Customer Participation in a Program to Replace Lead Pipes for Drinking Water
260			_bEnvironmental and Resource Economics
260			_c2024
300			_a791-832
520			_aMany 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.
650			_a Environmental Justice
650			_a Field Experiment _9122288
650			_a Lead Exposure _9122289
650			_a Lead Service Lines _9122290
650			_a Quasi-Experiment _9122291
650			_aDrinking Water _955271
700			_a Epstein, Kristin _9122292
700			_a Kutzing, Sandra _9122293
700			_a Parthum, Bryan _9122294
700			_a Wolverton, Ann _9122295
856			_uhttps://doi.org/10.1007/s10640-023-00836-9
999			_c134250 _d134250