Partners Can Help With Funding Requirements To Fix Aging Infrastructure

By Paul Gifford – Director Infrastructure Product for Mueller

Funding opportunities are good, but they come with requirements, such as the stipulation for using domestic products Build America, Buy America (BABA), American Iron & Steel (AIS), and Buy America/FHWA DOT. Also given the recent changes in EPA regulations regarding per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), and the lead service line inventory deadline for October 2024, the government has provided access to more funding opportunities, which in turn comes with meeting certain requirements to access.

All of this can be daunting in the daily life of operating a water utility, but where opportunity lies, so do solutions, and more specifically solution providers.