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).
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.
EPA’s 2024 Water Affordability Needs Assessment Report provides an estimate of the water affordability burden felt among households and utilities across the nation.
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.
This guide compiles recommendations for how to implement an equitable LSLR program, including data sources to use in prioritization decisions.
This resource provides examples of purchasing partnerships for water systems.
EPA guidance to help water systems follow best practices when building and maintaining their service line inventories.
EPA’s guidance to help water systems follow best practices when building and maintaining their service line inventories.
This webpage features resources providing guidance on federal and funding sources for lead service line replacement and laws related to this funding.
This toolkit provides guidance on how to address critical workforce shortages in state and local governments.
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:
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