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January 12, 2024

Contact: Kim Biggs

217-558-1536

Illinois EPA Announces Additional $3.4 Million Awarded to 92 Community Water Supplies Through Latest Round of Lead Service Line Inventory Grant Program

A Total of 260 Systems Received Lead Service Line Inventory Grants in Calendar Year 2023

SPRINGFIELD —Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (Illinois EPA) Director John J. Kim today announced the recipients of the third round of funding which will assist 92 additional community water supplies (CWSs) in meeting the requirements outlined in the Lead Service Line Replacement and Notification Act (LSLRN Act). The Lead Service Line Inventory (LSLI) Grant Program offers grants to local government units ranging from $20,000 - $50,000 to fund the creation of a complete lead service line inventory. Under this grant program, a total of 260 Illinois systems have benefited from this funding in calendar year 2023.

The LSLRN Act (Public Act 102-0613) requires owners and operators of CWSs in Illinois to submit a complete, final water service line material inventory for the Illinois EPA’s approval no later than April 15, 2024. The final inventory must report the material composition of all service lines within the CWS’s distribution system, including the number of lead service lines.

“The Illinois EPA is prioritizing this funding to assist communities in the development of complete material inventories of their drinking water distribution systems,” said Director Kim. “We are encouraged by the number of communities that continue to seek funding to identify lead service lines within the drinking water distribution systems so they can be properly removed.”

Round three of the LSLI Grant Program was funded using Illinois EPA’s “Local Assistance and Other State Program” set-aside of 15 percent from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Lead Service Line Replacement Grant.

For the third grant funding round, Illinois EPA is funding 92 projects for a total of $3,429,950. In this round, funding was provided up to a maximum of $50,000 per grantee. Illinois EPA announced the first 42 grant recipients in January of 2023, and an additional 120 recipients receiving funding announced in August 2023. Illinois EPA anticipates offering an additional funding opportunity in early 2024.

Grantees may request supplemental funding in the form of a low-interest loan through the Illinois EPA’s Public Water Supply Loan Program (PWSLP) in conjunction with funding to replace lead service lines. To inquire about funding through the PWSLP, please call (217) 782-2027 and ask to speak with the Infrastructure Financial Assistance Section Project Manager on call.

A list of grantees receiving funding through the third round of LSLI Grants is below.

County	Applicant	Grant Award Amount	County	Applicant	Grant Award Amount
Alexander	McClure-East Cape Girardeau PWD	$30,000	Grundy & Will	Diamond	$30,000
Bureau	Malden	$30,000	Hamilton	McLeansboro	$40,000
Bureau	Ohio	$30,000	Iroquois	Watseka	$40,000
Bureau	Princeton	$40,000	Jackson	Buncombe PWD	$1,500
Bureau	Seatonville	$30,000	Jackson	Elkville	$30,000
Bureau	Spring Valley	$40,000	Jackson	Vergennes	$28,500
Carroll	Savanna	$40,000	Kendall	Plano	$40,000
Champaign	Longview	$19,950	Lake	Round Lake Beach	$50,000
Cook	Bellwood	$50,000	Lake	Waukegan	$50,000
Cook	Berkeley	$40,000	Lake	Winthrop Harbor	$40,000
Cook	Berwyn	$50,000	LaSalle	Cedar Point	$30,000
Cook	Burnham	$40,000	LaSalle	La Salle	$40,000
Cook	Calumet Park	$40,000	LaSalle	Lostant	$30,000
Cook	Dolton	$50,000	Lee	Franklin Grove	$30,000
Cook	Evergreen Park	$50,000	Livingston	Dwight	$40,000
Cook	Ford Heights	$30,000	Livingston	Fairbury	$25,000
Cook	Harwood Heights	$40,000	Macon	Decatur	$50,000
Cook	Hazel Crest	$40,000	Macoupin	Girard	$30,000
Cook	Markham	$40,000	Marshall	Varna	$30,000
Cook	Matteson	$50,000	Marshall & LaSalle	Wenona	$30,000
Cook	Midlothian	$40,000	McDonough	Bushnell	$40,000
Cook	Norridge	$50,000	McLean	Bellflower	$15,000
Cook	Palatine	$50,000	Montgomery	Coffeen	$30,000
Cook	Richton Park	$40,000	Montgomery & Bond	Donnellson	$30,000
Cook	Rolling Meadows	$50,000	Moultrie	Moultrie County Rural PWD	$40,000
Cook	Schiller Park	$40,000	Ogle	Hillcrest	$30,000
Cook	Skokie	$50,000	Ogle	Mount Morris	$40,000
Cook	South Chicago Heights	$40,000	Ogle	Oregon	$40,000

County	Applicant	Grant Award Amount	County	Applicant	Grant Award Amount
Cook and Will	Steger	$40,000	Pope	Millstone Water Dist.	$40,000
Cumberland	Greenup	$30,000	Putnam	Granville	$30,000
Cumberland	Jewett	$30,000	Putnam	Magnolia	$30,000
DeKalb & Kendall	Sandwich	$40,000	Rock Island	East Moline	$50,000
DeWitt	Clinton	$40,000	Rock Island	Hampton	$30,000
DuPage	Addison	$50,000	Rock Island	Moline	$50,000
Edwards	Albion	$40,000	Rock Island	Port Byron	$30,000
Edwards	Bone Gap	$30,000	Saline	Harrisburg	$40,000
Edwards	West Salem	$30,000	Stephenson	Dakota	$30,000
Franklin	Rend Lake Conservancy District	$40,000	Tazewell	East Peoria	$50,000
Franklin	Zeigler	$30,000	Wabash	Bellmont	$30,000
Fulton	Canton	$50,000	Wayne & White	Mill Shoals	$30,000
Fulton	Lewistown	$40,000	White	Burnt Prairie	$30,000
Grundy	Carbon Hill	$30,000	Whiteside	Albany	$30,000
Grundy	Gardner	$30,000	Will	Crete	$40,000
Grundy	Morris	$50,000	Williamson	Herrin	$50,000
Grundy	South Wilmington	$30,000	Williamson	Hurst	$30,000
	92 Applicants		TOTAL	$3,429,950

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