This grant agreement provides financial assistance to the DC water and sewer authority to continue its ongoing program to remove and replace all lead service lines in the district of columbia

On October 1, 2025, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 3 awarded DC Water & Sewer Authority a $16.1 million formula grant under the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF, CFDA 66.468) program to support the District of Columbia's lead service line replacement initiative through September 30, 2032. This grant provides financial assistance to identify and remove lead service lines across Washington, D.C., addressing public health risks associated with lead contamination in drinking water. The funding will be deployed directly by DC Water & Sewer Authority without sub-awardees, supporting three primary programmatic activities: the Lead Pipe Replacement Assistance Program (LPRAP) and House by House Program (HXH), which provide financial assistance to individual homeowners for lead service line replacement on private property; the Emergency Repair Program, which replaces connected lead service lines during necessary emergency repairs; and test pitting and subsequent replacement of lead service lines on properties identified through historical records and recent findings as having a likelihood of containing lead infrastructure.

The grant is expected to deliver district-wide public health benefits by reducing lead in the drinking water supply and ensuring a cleaner and safer potable water supply through systematic identification and removal of lead service lines across all vulnerable populations and priority areas in the District of Columbia.

The replacement of lead service lines is necessary to ensure the quality, quantity, reliability, and safety of the drinking water supplied to the people of the district of columbia in accordance with the objectives of the safe drinking water act. Activities:funding will be directed to DC water's ongoing lead service line replacement program and will include: providing financial assistance to support the district of columbia's 'lead pipe replacement assistance program' (LPRAP) and 'house by house program' (HXH). These programs provide financial assistance to individual homeowners through the district department of energy and environment and DC water to replace lead service lines on private property where partial replacements have been previously completed or where priority replacements are needed to address vulnerable populations. This funding will also provide financial assistance to support DC water's 'emergency repair program,' which replaces connected lead service lines when emergency repairs are conducted and necessary and provide funding to conduct test pitting of properties that, based on historic records and recent findings, have shown a likelihood of having lead service lines. If found to have lead service lines, funding would be available to replace these lines. Subrecipient:no subawards are included in this assistance agreement.outcomes:the benefits of this grant agreement will be to use the recipient's dwsrf with the primary purpose being to reduce lead in drinking water by funding projects emphasizing the identification and removal of lead service lines. The grant will provide assurance of a cleaner and safer potable water supply by funding improvements to these water infrastructure projects. These public health benefits will be district-wide.