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Program / Lead Lines
Lead Service Line Replacement
A dedicated funding stream within the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund to identify and replace the lead pipes that connect homes to the water main. VerisGov maps the structure and keeps the moving parts current.
At a glance
- Program
- Lead Service Line Replacement, a dedicated set-aside within the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF).
- Administering agency
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), with state drinking water revolving fund programs.
- Statutory authority
- Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. The IIJA provided $15 billion for lead service line replacement through the DWSRF.
- Funding mechanism
- EPA capitalization grants to state revolving funds, which then provide loans, principal forgiveness, and grants to water systems.
- Money flow
- EPA allots and capitalizes each state's DWSRF; states use their intended use plans and priority lists to make awards to water systems; a large share must go to disadvantaged communities as grants or principal forgiveness.
- Who has a stake
- Community water systems, municipal and rural water utilities, state drinking water agencies, disadvantaged communities, and engineering firms doing service-line inventories and replacement.
What it is
Lead Service Line Replacement funding is a dedicated set-aside within the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund, the long-standing federal-state partnership that finances drinking water infrastructure. The Environmental Protection Agency awards capitalization grants to state revolving fund programs, and the states in turn make loans and, in many cases, principal forgiveness or grants to water systems. This funding is reserved specifically for finding and replacing the lead service lines that run between the water main and a building.
The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act provided $15 billion for lead service line replacement through this dedicated set-aside. A defining structural feature is the disadvantaged community requirement: a large share of these funds must be provided to disadvantaged communities as grants or principal forgiveness rather than repayable loans, which opens water infrastructure financing to systems that could not otherwise carry the debt.
Because the money moves through the state revolving fund, the EPA does not pick individual projects. The agency capitalizes each state's fund, and the state runs its own intended use plan and project priority list to direct dollars to eligible activities. Eligible work must be drinking water revolving fund eligible and must be tied directly to identifying, planning, designing, or replacing lead service lines, which keeps the dedicated funding from drifting into unrelated water projects.
Key facts
- Program Lead Service Line Replacement, a dedicated set-aside within the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF).
- Administering agency U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), with state drinking water revolving fund programs.
- Statutory authority Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. The IIJA provided $15 billion for lead service line replacement through the DWSRF.
- Funding mechanism EPA capitalization grants to state revolving funds, which then provide loans, principal forgiveness, and grants to water systems.
- Money flow EPA allots and capitalizes each state's DWSRF; states use their intended use plans and priority lists to make awards to water systems; a large share must go to disadvantaged communities as grants or principal forgiveness.
- Who has a stake Community water systems, municipal and rural water utilities, state drinking water agencies, disadvantaged communities, and engineering firms doing service-line inventories and replacement.
What it funds
- Identification and inventory of lead service lines
- Planning and design for lead service line replacement
- Full replacement of lead service lines connecting homes to the main
- Associated activities directly connected to lead service line replacement
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- Current fiscal year allotments to each state and the EPA allotment memoranda
- The exact disadvantaged community percentage and how each state defines disadvantaged
- State intended use plans, project priority lists, and application windows
- Remaining balance of the IIJA dedicated funding and any reallotment of unused funds
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Pinned to records published by
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
- State drinking water revolving fund programs
Answers
Frequently asked questions
How does lead service line replacement funding reach a water system?
The EPA awards a capitalization grant to a state's Drinking Water State Revolving Fund. The state then provides loans, principal forgiveness, or grants to water systems through its own intended use plan and project priority list.
Does this funding require a local match or repayment?
A large share must be provided to disadvantaged communities as grants or principal forgiveness rather than repayable loans. Terms for other recipients depend on the state's revolving fund rules, which is the volatile detail to verify.
What work is eligible?
The project must be Drinking Water State Revolving Fund eligible and tied directly to identifying, planning, designing, or replacing lead service lines and associated activities.
How does VerisGov help with Lead Service Line Replacement?
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