Learn How To Fund Your OLD Water System

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Learn How To Fund Your OLD Water System | EP 6

Scott Galaway of the Texas Water Development Board explains the Lead Service Line Replacement Program and how rural Texas water systems can apply.

This Engineers for Communities episode is for rural Texas communities with older water systems.

It covers the Texas Water Development Board's Lead Service Line Replacement Program, which helps communities deal with lead in their water systems.

Guest

Scott Galaway, Outreach Specialist at the Texas Water Development Board (TWDB). He supports water infrastructure projects in rural Texas communities.

In this episode

  • Why the lead service line inventory required by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) matters to you, and how to come into compliance.
  • Who can take part in the Lead Service Line Replacement Program, and how to apply, step by step.
  • Stories from rural communities that have used the program, with tips for running projects in your own community.
  • Resources and support networks that help rural communities through the application and toward funding.
  • A Q&A with Scott on bringing safe water to your community through TWDB funding programs.

To see how MES approaches project funding, visit our funding page.

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