During the first week in May 2024 EPA released two memos regarding FY 2024 Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF) lead service line replacement funding allotments to individual States.
The first memo (fy24-bil-lslr-allotments-memorandum_may-2024) is from EPA’s Office of Water to EPA’s Regional Offices and presents the FY 2024 Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF) lead service line replacement funding allotments to individual States. The source of the funding is the 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (also known as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, BIL). The FY 2024 allotments are based on the updated 7th Drinking Water Infrastructure Needs Survey and Assessment (DWINSA). Based on information collected in the updated DWINSA, EPA estimates the cost to replace all lead service lines nationally to be “$50 billion to $80 billion.” The BIL provided $15 billion for lead service line replacement. The total FY 2024 allotment is $3 billion.
The second memo (implementing-lslr-projects-funded-by-the-dwsrf) is from EPA’s Office of Groundwater and Drinking Water to EPA’s Regional Offices regarding “Implementing Lead Service Line Replacement Projects Funded by the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund.” The memo describes “….programmatic requirements for full lead service line replacement and details exceptions; provides recommended strategies on LSL identification and LSLR planning and design; identifies best practices for risk mitigation when an LSLR is conducted; and emphasizes the importance of public notifications during projects. This memo stipulates new requirements for agreements signed after August 1, 2024.”
