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Sources

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  1. City of Lawrence, 2027-2031 Capital Improvement Plan, in Agenda Item Report 26-613 (Resolution No. 7705), City Commission, Sep 15, 2026. https://lawrenceks.civicweb.net/document/472493/
  2. City of Lawrence, Street Maintenance page (PCI 2025, lane-miles, five-year plan), read Oct 25, 2026. https://lawrenceks.gov/mso/street-maintenance/
  3. City of Lawrence public water GIS, Water_Distribution_Viewer FeatureServer (layers 2 and 5), downloaded Oct 25, 2026. https://services.arcgis.com/8O9UlSTnqjKptoda/arcgis/rest/services/Water_Distribution_Viewer/FeatureServer
  4. Lawrence Journal-World, "Kansas reports 17,000 lead pipes in initial count...", Jun 9, 2025 (corrected city figures from the city's water quality lab manager). https://www2.ljworld.com/news/general-news/2025/jun/09/kansas-reports-17000-lead-pipes-in-initial-count-far-fewer-than-federal-estimates-heres-what-that-looks-like-in-douglas-county/
  5. City of Lawrence, Capital Improvement Plan page. https://lawrenceks.gov/budget/cip/
  6. City of Lawrence, 2027-2031 proposed CIP presentation (scoring process, funding assumptions), Agenda Item 26-315. https://lawrenceks.civicweb.net/document/465882/
  7. City Commission minutes, Sep 15, 2026. https://lawrenceks.civicweb.net/document/474132/ ; Lawrence Journal-World, Sep 15, 2026. https://www2.ljworld.com/news/city-government/2026/sep/15/we-have-to-move-forward-on-3-2-vote-lawrence-city-commission-approves-budget-with-1-4-mill-hike/
  8. City of Lawrence, "City begins pavement condition assessment on Lawrence streets," Aug 2026. https://lawrenceks.gov/2026/08/112740/
  9. Lawrence Journal-World, "City commissioners express interest in putting infrastructure sales tax renewal on ballot next year," May 19, 2026. https://www2.ljworld.com/news/city-government/2026/may/19/city-commissioners-express-interest-in-putting-infrastructure-sales-tax-renewal-on-ballot-next-year/
  10. Lawrence Journal-World, "After 22 water main breaks, city finds 13 miles of pipeline were improperly installed," Aug 14, 2017. https://www2.ljworld.com/news/2017/aug/14/after-22-watermain-breaks-city-finds-13-miles-pipe/
  11. City of Lawrence bid IFB-2400064, Haskell Avenue Water Main Replacement, awarded to Mainline Contractors Inc. for $1,136,225 for about 3,500 linear feet (DemandStar listing). https://www.demandstar.com/app/limited/bids/476658/details
  12. U.S. EPA, Lead and Copper Rule Improvements, final rule, 89 FR, Oct 30, 2024; EPA LCRI fact sheets. https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/10/30/2024-23549/national-primary-drinking-water-regulations-for-lead-and-copper-improvements-lcri
  13. U.S. EPA, Economic Analysis Appendices for the Final LCRI, Oct 2024 (full replacement: mean $6,930; 25th-75th percentile $6,507-$8,519, 2020$). https://www.epa.gov/system/files/documents/2024-10/508_lcri_final-ea_appendices_10_23_24.pdf
  14. City of Lawrence, Agenda Item Report 24-311, Lead Service Line Inventory update, May 21, 2024. https://lawrenceks.civicweb.net/document/414760/

Data files

All retrieved 2026-10-25 (America/Chicago). Raw files are read-only after download. PDF text extractions (*.txt) are made with pdftotext -layout from the PDF beside them.

File What Source URL
cip_2027_2031_resolution7705_26-613.pdf (+ .txt) Agenda Item 26-613, Sep 15 2026: Resolution 7705 adopting 2027 budget and 2027-2031 CIP (fund tables, Project Summary, project detail sheets) https://lawrenceks.civicweb.net/document/472493/
cip_2027_2031_discussion_26-315.pdf (+ .txt) Agenda Item 26-315: proposed 2027-2031 CIP presentation (scoring process, funding assumptions) https://lawrenceks.civicweb.net/document/465882/
cip_2026_2030_discussion_25-315.pdf (+ .txt) Agenda Item 25-315: proposed 2026-2030 CIP (prior-year comparison; PCI 63.1) https://lawrenceks.civicweb.net/document/441914/
cc_minutes_2026-09-15.pdf City Commission minutes Sep 15 2026 (Resolution 7705 carried 3-2) https://lawrenceks.civicweb.net/document/474132/
lsli_update_24-311.pdf (+ .txt) Agenda Item 24-311, May 21 2024, Lead Service Line Inventory update https://lawrenceks.civicweb.net/document/414760/
ljw_lsli_2025-06-09.html Lawrence Journal-World, Jun 9 2025, corrected city lead-inventory figures https://www2.ljworld.com/news/general-news/2025/jun/09/kansas-reports-17000-lead-pipes-in-initial-count-far-fewer-than-federal-estimates-heres-what-that-looks-like-in-douglas-county/
street_maintenance_page_snapshot_2026-10-25.md Notes of figures on the city Street Maintenance page (site blocks scripted download; read with a web fetch) https://lawrenceks.gov/mso/street-maintenance/
arcgis/ (enclosures_.json, pipes_.json, *_layer_metadata.json) City of Lawrence public ArcGIS Water_Distribution_Viewer, layer 2 (Water Enclosure; service-line materials, the layer used by the city's Lead Service Line Inventory app) and layer 5 (Water Pipe) https://services.arcgis.com/8O9UlSTnqjKptoda/arcgis/rest/services/Water_Distribution_Viewer/FeatureServer
tl_2023_20_place.zip Census TIGER/Line 2023 places, Kansas (city limits) https://www2.census.gov/geo/tiger/TIGER2023/PLACE/tl_2023_20_place.zip

Web sources cited but not stored: EPA LCRI final rule (Federal Register Oct 30 2024) and economic-analysis appendices; DemandStar bid listing IFB-2400064; city CIP page; city news release Aug 2026 (pavement assessment); LJW Aug 14 2017, May 19 2026, Sep 15 2026.