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EPA Region 7 Joins City of Lincoln Lead Water Service Line Replacement Kickoff
Event in Nebraska
Program is funded through EPA’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law allocations to
the Nebraska Drinking Water State Revolving Fund
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 7 – 11201 Renner Blvd., Lenexa,
KS 66219
Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, and Nine Tribal Nations
LENEXA, KAN. (JULY 23, 2024) – Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA) Region 7 Administrator Meg McCollister joined leaders from the city of
Lincoln, Nebraska, as they kicked off the first phase of their Lincoln Lead
Water Service Line Replacement work.
The event was held at a residence in Lincoln’s Woods Park neighborhood. The
home is one of the initial 200 properties within the city to have its water
service line replaced at no cost to the property owner. Lincoln chose these
initial 200 homes using EPA-recommended criteria, including property records,
blood lead levels in children, social vulnerability data, and the risk of lead
exposure due to the amount of lead in service lines.
“Today, I had the chance to see firsthand how EPA’s historic water
infrastructure funding is improving the everyday lives of Nebraskans,”
McCollister said. “We are thankful for the opportunity to celebrate this
milestone with Lincoln and look forward to all the important work to follow.
Lincoln’s commendable and important steps to reduce lead exposure serve as a
model for communities across our region.”
“Thanks to historic federal resources and our strong partnerships with the
EPA and State of Nebraska, the City of Lincoln is leading the way toward
making every water service line in our community free of lead and providing
safe, healthy water for our children and families for years to come,” said
Lincoln Mayor Leirion Gaylor Baird.
The lead service line replacement program is part of the city’s Lead Safe
Lincoln initiative and is funded through Bipartisan Infrastructure Law
allocations to the Nebraska Department of Environment and Energy’s Drinking
Water State Revolving Fund (DW SRF). Through a $32.6 million DW SRF loan,
Lincoln plans to replace about 2,000 service lines over the next five years.
In May 2024, EPA announced the latest allotment of Bipartisan Infrastructure
Law funding – over $28 million – to Nebraska for lead service line
identification and replacement. Over the past three years, over $85 million
dollars in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding for lead service line
replacements has been allotted to Nebraska’s Drinking Water State Revolving
Fund.
Background
Lead can cause a range of serious health impacts, including irreversible harm
to brain development in children.
To protect children and families, President Biden has committed to replacing
every lead pipe in the country. Funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law
and available through EPA’s successful Drinking Water State Revolving Fund
(DWSRF), EPA’s $3 billion funding announcement signals another major step to
advance this work and the administration’s commitment to environmental
justice. This funding builds on the administration’s Lead Pipe and Paint
Action Plan and EPA’s Get the Lead Out Initiative.
Working collaboratively, EPA and the State Revolving Funds are advancing the
President’s Justice40 Initiative to ensure that 40% of overall benefits from
certain federal investments flow to disadvantaged communities that are
marginalized by underinvestment and overburdened by pollution. Lead exposure
disproportionately affects communities of color and low-income families. The
total funding announced through this program to date is expected to replace up
to 1.7 million lead pipes nationwide, securing clean drinking water for
American families.
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