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Superior has the state’s only private water utility. It’s making it harder to replace lead pipes.

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Congress provided billions of dollars to help communities remove lead pipes under the 2021 bipartisan infrastructure law. The funding will help water systems pay for those projects. Almost all of them can apply for forgivable loans. But Superior’s water utility is barred from doing so. The post Superior has the state’s only private water utility. It’s making it harder to replace lead pipes. appeared first on WPR.

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Superior has the state’s only private water utility. It’s making it harder to replace lead pipes.

Congress provided billions of dollars to help communities remove lead pipes under the 2021 bipartisan infrastructure law. The funding will help water systems pay for those projects. Almost all of them can apply for forgivable loans. But Superior’s water utility is barred from doing so. The post Superior has the state’s only private water utility. It’s making it harder to replace lead pipes. appeared first on WPR.

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Superior has the state’s only private water utility. It’s making it harder to replace lead pipes. - Great Lakes Commission

Due to a Wisconsin state law barring privately owned water systems from receiving loan forgiveness, the Superior Water Light & Power Company can’t access the federal loan forgiveness included in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act that helps financially strapped communities upgrade water systems. Many state lawmakers and city officials want Superior residents to benefit from the federal money, but they’re at odds over how to make that hap…

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Wisconsin Public Radio broke the news in Madison, United States on Tuesday, March 25, 2025.
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