States Say They Lack ‘Road Map’ to Spend Feds’ Lead Pipe Funds

Many states say they haven’t yet made specific plans to distribute any of the new infrastructure law’s $15 billion in federal lead pipe replacement funding because there are too many unanswered questions about where and how to spend the money.

The timeline for lead pipe replacement is unclear even as the White House on Thursday announced a long-term plan to remove all the country’s nearly 10 million lead pipes over the next decade or so.

Getting lead-pipe replacement funding to local water systems is going to be time-consuming because the Environmental Protection Agency and local governments have yet to locate ...