Guidance

Three Strategies to Reduce Costs: Purchasing Partnerships for Water Systems

This resource provides examples of purchasing partnerships for water systems.

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Tools & Guides Calculator

Lead Service Line Replacement Cost Calculator™

A free, multilingual tool that enables municipalities and utilities to generate customized cost estimates for replacing lead service lines, supporting informed planning and budgeting efforts.

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How SRF policies can support equitable water workforce development

IIJA is an investment in jobs, as well as infrastructure. Federal SRF appropriations flow to communities through state SRF programs, but more is needed to ensure that the jobs created by investments in water infrastructure are equitably distributed to workers in underserved communities. This policy brief identifies policy options state SRF administrators can adopt to advance equitable workforce goals.

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Guidance

Identifying Funding Sources for Lead Service Line Replacement

This webpage features resources providing guidance on federal and funding sources for lead service line replacement and laws related to this funding.

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Minnesota private side LSLR

Minnesota statute requires state funding to cover private-side LSLR

Minnesota’s Lead Service Line Replacement Grant Program requires grant money be used to cover private-side replacements. Minn. Stat. 446A.077 §4(b).

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Lead Elimination Assistance Program (LEAP)

VA DOH’s LEAP Program includes funding for LSLR programs and is an educational resource for homeowners and utilities on LSLR.

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Michigan water systems must cover the costs of private-side LSLR

Michigan requires water suppliers to replace the entire LSL and to cover the costs of private-side replacements. Mich. Admin. Code R. 325.10604f

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Community Technical, Managerial, and Financial (TMF) Support for Lead Line Replacement Grant

The TMF program’s goal is to better position communities to take advantage of Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) DWSRF dollars for lead line replacement, which are available through Fiscal Year 2027.

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H2Ohio –Lead Service Line Assessment & Replacement

H2Ohio – Lead Service Line Assessment & Replacement

Ohio EPA funds lead pipe replacement in communities and daycare centers, as well as mapping efforts to identify these hazardous lines.

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Apprenticeship Program

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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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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