Guidance for local governments to comply with the EPA’s Lead and Copper Rule Revisions (LCRR) and Improvements (LCRI). Outlining regulatory requirements, strategies for public communication and risk management, and offering resources to support communities.
A guide for local elected officials to identify partners, stakeholders, and decision-makers to advance LSLR.
Best practices in setting fair and viable water rates, and options for utilities to finance capital improvement projects to ensure your community’s drinking water system remains safe and sustainable.
Explore a list of funding and financing resources utilities can consider to fund lead service line replacement.
EPA’s 2024 Water Affordability Needs Assessment Report provides an estimate of the water affordability burden felt among households and utilities across the nation.
Explore creative strategies, resources, and pricing structures for consumers and utilities to better understand and address the need for affordable drinking water and wastewater services.
This webpage features resources that can assist states and drinking water systems with the implementation of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL), also known as the “Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021” (IIJA).
This resource provides examples of purchasing partnerships for water systems.
This tool allows utilities to assess the business case for implementing a discount program for low-income customers to help provide safe and affordable water and sanitation to everyone in their communities.
EPA guidance to help water systems follow best practices when building and maintaining their service line inventories.
The purpose of the Lead Innovation Hub is to empower users to take action by equipping them with the best information, solutions, and resources available to replace lead pipes and improve public health for all.
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:
Read more here.
