What's your LCRI exposure, before Nov 1, 2027?
Run the math on your inventory — required replacement exposure and avoided verification costs. Tunable assumptions, instant feedback.
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→ VERIFICATION METHOD COMPARISON
Compare against your current approach.
COMPARED TO:
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One-time savingscompared to staff or contractor visual inspection at approximately $200 per line. Service ID's photo verification handles the same scope at lower marginal cost.
→ REPLACEMENT POOL EXPOSURE
Worst-case required replacement cost.
Worst-case anchor: 3,200 lines classified Lead or Unknown count toward LCRI's required 10%-per-year replacement pool. Each verified non-lead removes a parcel from this pool.
At LCRI's 10%/year minimum replacement pace: approximately $1.6M/year.
Verification also eliminates ongoing operational drag — approximately $100K/year in Tier 1 sampling overhead, plus $1.50 per unknown line per year in LSLRNA notifications — that recurs every year unknowns sit in inventory.
CALIBRATE TO YOUR INVENTORY
Adjust the inputs. Watch the numbers move.
1. Lines requiring verification
Total unknowns remaining in your inventory
3,000
2. Lead lines (already classified)
Lines confirmed as lead, separate from unknowns. Used in replacement pool exposure.
200
3. Replacement cost per line
Industry range for full service line replacement, inclusive of restoration
$5,000
4. % of unknowns verified before LCRI
How much of your unknown pool you verify and remove from the required replacement obligation
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GET THE REAL ANALYSIS
Your numbers, your tracts, your funding gap. Within one business day.
The calculator above gives you directional numbers. We run the real analysis on your specific service area — tract-by-tract demographic scoring, bundled application optimization, and the full verification scenario comparison. No automated output. Actual analysis from our team.
SOURCES & METHODOLOGY
LCRI verification standard: 40 CFR §141.84 (Lead and Copper Rule Improvements, finalized October 2024); EPA Inventory Guidance §2.1.4 on classification evidence requirements. Beginning November 1, 2027, required replacement applies to lead, GRR, and unknown lines at 10% per year.
Operational drag (not modeled in calculator):Verification also eliminates approximately $100,000 per year in Tier 1 sampling overhead and $1.50 per unknown line per year in LSLRNA notifications under 40 CFR §141.85. These costs largely depend on whether unknowns exist at all, not on their precise count, so they're held outside the slider math and called out separately.
Verification method comparison:Calculated by comparing Service ID's verification cost against the user-selected alternative method. Excavation defaults to $400 per line (crew mobilization + restoration). Visual inspection defaults to $200 per line (mid-range of the $150–$300 industry estimate for staff or contractor inspection). "Doing nothing" means no verification — unknowns remain in the required replacement pool under LCRI's both-sides classification rule. These per-line figures are illustrative defaults; specific utility costs vary by region, scope, and contractor.
Replacement pool exposure:Worst-case anchor under LCRI's both-sides classification rule, where unknowns count as lead in the required replacement pool until verified. Scaled by tunable per-line replacement cost ($4K–$10K range, industry estimate inclusive of restoration).
Slider defaults are illustrative— replace with your utility's actual remaining unknown count, lead count, and regional cost figures for system-specific math.
Service ID pricing: Engagement-specific. Calculated based on inventory size, outreach scope, and integration requirements during scoping conversations. Typically runs 10–15% of avoided drag.