All Americans deserve safe, reliable, and affordable drinking water. But making sure that everyone has access remains a challenge that requires untangling a complex web of interdependent factors. EPIC is planning to scale our Texas-based tool nation-wide in order to support communities, map the utility landscape across the U.S., and help states to prioritize investments and technical assistance to improve drinking water infrastructure.

Stormwater Incentive Programs are important tools to address stormwater runoff from private property. Numerous examples exist, and they vary in their benefits and challenges.

Since the passage of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL), there has been an interest from many quarters to direct a larger portion of these funds towards green stormwater infrastructure (GSI) projects. While the Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF) has funded some GSI and other nonpoint source projects over the years, it remains a very small percentage of overall spending.

As the initial service line material inventory deadline passes, we’re examining the updated 7th DWINSA survey results for clues of what we might expect from this forthcoming data.

In this blog, Phil Cork investigates national trends and what we learned from these updated survey results.