Service Area Boundary Coalition Update

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Written By Jessie Mahr

This update serves to reflect on where we’ve been and where we are going with water utility service area boundaries development.

In 2022, EPIC, SimpleLab and the Internet of Water Coalition released a provisional national map of drinking water service area boundaries to support the design and implementation of water and climate programs at the federal, state, and community levels. In eight months, we built a high quality understanding of where 173 million people – i.e. more than half of the US population – gets their water from, and a strong approximation of where the rest of the population gets their water from.

EPIC will continue to play a policy and inter-agency support role to improve the accuracy and use of the dataset. We look forward to continued engagement; don’t hesitate to reach out with any further ideas or areas for collaboration!

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Jessie Mahr

Jessie is the Director of Technology at EPIC. Prior to joining EPIC, she led business development and strategy for Upstream Tech, a technology start-up that uses satellite imagery to monitor and evaluate natural resources. She has also worked on programs related to regional planning for wetlands restoration and urban climate change resilience for the Massachusetts Division of Ecological Restoration and Stantec. Jessie holds a Master of Science in Water Resource Engineering and Environmental Policy from Tufts University, and a Bachelor of Arts in Geography from The University of Texas.

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