Category: Policy

Funding

Wisconsin Lead Service Line Replacement Program – BIL Funding Amendment to SFY 2023 SDWLP Intended Use Plan

Wisconsin’s SFY23 Intended Use Plan (IUP) made additional financial assistance for inventory available through set-aside funds (p. 1).

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State of Pennsylvania – Drinking Water State Revolving Loan Fund Intended Use Plan (IUP) – SFY 2022

The state’s SFY22 IUP assgined additional priority points based economic development criteria promoting job creation (Attachment 1, p. 2).

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State of Wisconsin –Safe Drinking Water Loan Program Intended Use Plan for the SFY 2025 Funding Cycle

The SFY25 IUP limits SRF funding to projects that fully remove lead components (p. 18). It also allows multi-year applications for lead line replacements (p. 20), prioritizes collaborative applicants (p. 13), and offers principal forgiveness for private-side work and filters (p. 19).

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Drinking Water Assistance Fund (DWAF) – Program Year 2025 Draft Program Management Plan

Ohio’s SRF program offers 40 year loans with 0% interest rates to state-defined disadvantaged communities (p. 46).

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Guidance on Lead Service Line Replacement Plans

VT DEC requires specific prioritization factors beyond the minimum requirement established in the LCRI that give additional priority to high-risk groups. They also include a list of suggested prioritization factors to increase the public health benefit of LSLR programs.

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Illinois Works Apprenticeship Initiative

The Illinois Works Apprenticeship Initiative requires that apprentices perform at least 10% of labor hours on public projects over $500,000 funded by state capital, promoting workforce development through state contracts, grants, and loans

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State of Indiana Clean Water State Revolving Fund Loan ProgramI Intended Use Plan State Fiscal Year 2024

Indiana’s SFY24 Intended Use Plan (IUP) includes long-term goals to “ensure that the CWSRF Loan Program and its participants comply as required with Disadvantaged Business Enterprise fair share objectives” (p.9) and set-aside funding to support Indiana Water Alliance’s apprenticeship programs (p. 12).

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Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (Dwsrf) – Intended Use Plan 2023 Federal Allocation (pdf)

Delaware’s SFY24 Intended Use Plan (IUP) set-aside funds 2% of the Capitalization Grant to create career pathways for high school students in water distribution, operations, and treatment through pre-apprenticeship programs (p. 14).

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State of Wisconsin Safe Drinking Water Loan Program Intended Use Plan For The SFY 2024 Funding Cycle

Wisconsin’s SFY24 Intended Use Plan (IUP) includes a short-term goal to “explore avenues to support pre-apprenticeship, registered apprenticeship, and youth training programs that open pathways to employment” (p. 4).

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Drinking Water Assistance Fund – Program Year 2023 Program Management Plan

Ohio’s SFY23 Intended Use Plan (IUP) set-aside funds 2% of LSLR funds for Technical Assistance to support small systems in complying with the Lead and Copper Rule, including inventory projects (p. 17).

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Milwaukee is one of the few cities in the country with a prioritization plan to ensure neighborhoods likely to suffer the most severe impacts from lead poisoning get their pipes replaced first. In consultation with a community-based group, Coalition for Lead Emergency (COLE), and following a public engagement process, Milwaukee included in an ordinance three indicators to prioritize where LSLs will be removed first:

  1. The area deprivation index (ADI), which is a compilation of social determinants of health
  2. The percentage of children found to have elevated lead levels in their blood when tested for lead poisoning
  3. The density of lead service lines in the neighborhood.

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