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Know Your Water

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Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy

Know Your Water

Help your community take action to reduce its risk of lead exposure

Do you want to help your fellow Michiganders learn how to understand and identify sources of lead in their water and reduce lead in tap water? The toolkit materials found on this page were designed to help you teach your community about lead in its water and share steps that can be taken to reduce risk of exposure. Get started by watching the "How to Use Toolkit" video to learn about the assets available to you and best practices for sharing them with your community.

Learn how to use the toolkit
Help your community take action to reduce its risk of lead exposure Video

Video

The videos below focus on sources of lead, risk reduction and how households can take action to reduce lead in tap water. These assets can be placed on websites or social media or shared out through email newsletters.

Print

Below are flyers, fact sheets and posters that offer guidance on how to reduce risk and take action by testing and filtering water. These assets can be used for print and/or digital distribution.

Lead can be found in a wide variety of products in your home, including older paint, faucets and plumbing materials. You cannot see, taste or smell lead in your water. Lead in tap water can cause health problems in people of all ages. Young children and pregnant people are most at risk.
Don't forget! Replace water filter cartridges frequently, clean faucet screens at least every 6 months, boiling water does not remove lead

Social

Below are social media posts with language and visuals. These posts focus on risk reduction, lead line replacement, the sources and health risks of lead exposure and water testing.

Email and Newsletter

Below are language and visuals that you can share as stand-alone emails or include in your current newsletter communications to help teach Michiganders in your community about lead in tap water and how to reduce risk of exposure. These materials can be clicked on to download and use.

Know your water.

Email and Newsletter