3Ts - State and Territory Implementation Resources

Overview

These resources are primarily designed to assist WIIN grant administrators implement a lead testing and remediation program for drinking water in schools and child care facilities. Included are web-links and information for funding, best management practices and more.

On this page:

• Best Management Practices
• Fact Sheets
• Frequently Asked Questions
• Funding and Financing Resources
• Memorandum of Understanding to Reduce Lead Levels in Drinking Water

Additional information:

• Basic Information about Lead in Drinking Water
• Training 

Best Management Practices

Best Management Practices (BMPs) provide effective and practicable means to reduce lead levels in drinking water at schools and child care facilities. EPA is committed to protecting children from the lifetime impacts of lead. A top priority for EPA is to work with states and communities to sample drinking water and modernize plumbing infrastructures that may be a source of lead in schools and child care facilities. BMPs are illustrated in the case studies of States, schools and child care facilities across the country that are removing and minimizing sources of lead in drinking water.

Fact Sheets

• By the Numbers – Reducing Lead Exposure to Children in Drinking Water (pdf) (307.57 KB)
• Factsheet: Ensuring Drinking Water Quality in Child Care Facilities During and After Extended Closures (pdf) (357.02 KB, March, 2021, 810-F-21-003)
• Factsheet: Ensuring Drinking Water Quality in Schools During and After Extended Closures (pdf) (1.72 MB, March, 2021, 810-F-21-002)
• 3Ts for Child Care Facilities (pdf) (901.29 KB, October, 2018)
• 3Ts for tribal schools (pdf) (946.21 KB, October, 2018)

FAQs

The following is a list of frequently asked questions following the release of EPA’s revised 3Ts for Reducing Lead in Drinking Water toolkit in 2018. These questions were received from states, schools and other stakeholders through the EPA hotline, EPA webinars and presentations.

• Resources:
  • 3Ts FAQ (docx) (29.81 KB, May, 2021) (Word doc)

Financing/Funding

These resources are designed to assist schools and child care facilities identify potential funding resources to implement a lead testing and remediation program for drinking water.

• Resources:
  • Potential Funding Sources for Reducing Lead in Drinking Water in Schools and Child Care Facilities
  • WIIN Grant (Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act)

WIIN Grants

These resources provide information on the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act (WIIN Act) to support funding from US EPA to the States for lead level reduction efforts in drinking water. Included in the WIIN Act are grants that address funding to support lead testing in schools and child care facilities.

• Resources:
  • Section 2104 of the WIIN Act: Assistance for Small and Disadvantaged Communities Grant. Click here.
  • Section 2105 of the WIIN Act: Reduction in Lead Exposure via Drinking Water Grant. Click here.
  • Section 2107 of the WIIN Act: Reducing Lead Where Children Learn Grant. Click here.

Memorandum of Understanding to Reduce Lead Levels in Drinking Water

These resources provide background information on the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Reducing Lead levels in Drinking Water in Schools and Child Care facilities. The MOU represents an unprecedented partnership with federal agencies and non-federal organizations to focus a coordinated effort to reduce lead levels in drinking water in schools and child care facilities.

• Resources:
  • Access additional Memorandum of Understanding information and download the Memorandum of Understanding on Reducing Lead Levels in Drinking Water in Schools and Child Care Facilities here.