Indiana’s SRF program offered 0% interest rates for lead service line replacement projects (p. 9).

A spotlight on best practices in data management, ranging from building a single source of truth to digitizing records and outlining requirements for effective data management based on learnings from the lead-free water challenge.

This report provides best practices for lead service line replacement based on lessons learned from the Lead-Free Water Challenge.

Denver Water uses a neighborhood replacement approach to optimize contractor scheduling and construction. The utility also prioritized neighborhoods based on numerous factors such as disadvantaged neighborhoods, socioeconomic indicators, and areas with high concentrations of schools, childcare facilities, and expecting families.

This memorandum provides information and guidelines on how EPA will award and administer SRF Capitalization Grants appropriated to the State and Tribal Assistance Grants (STAG) account in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL), also known as the “Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021” (IIJA).

The City of Newark leveraged batch processing of permits for entire streets or neighborhoods as an effective strategy to reduce time spent by contractors to arrange approval prior to starting work.

The City of Newark sped up contractor timelines, advertised multiple contracts close together to lower costs, and issued varied contract sizes to support local small firms.

The city of Benton Harbor included a pay for success clause in their bid documents that provided contractors with an incentive for each day the work was completed ahead of schedule.

This report explores how to accelerate lead pipe replacement by applying proven efficiencies and encouraging innovative solutions.

This report shows how states can expand water infrastructure funding by leveraging State Revolving Funds through tools like municipal bonds.