Service Area Boundary Coalition Update

This update serves to reflect on where we’ve been and where we are going with water utility service area boundaries development.

In 2022, EPIC, SimpleLab and the Internet of Water Coalition released a provisional national map of drinking water service area boundaries to support the design and implementation of water and climate programs at the federal, state, and community levels. In eight months, we built a high quality understanding of where 173 million people – i.e. more than half of the US population – gets their water from, and a strong approximation of where the rest of the population gets their water from.

EPIC will continue to play a policy and inter-agency support role to improve the accuracy and use of the dataset. We look forward to continued engagement; don’t hesitate to reach out with any further ideas or areas for collaboration!