Climate Adaptation Drinking Water Tool Cited Across Biodiversity and Restoration Frameworks
EPHI’s UNEP-recognized planning tool supports climate-resilient, equitable drinking water infrastructure and ecosystem protection.
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Chicago, Illinois – December 14, 2025
Environmental & Public Health International® (EPHI) announced that its Lead Service Line Replacement Cost Calculator® (LSLRCC) has been listed in the Society for Ecological Restoration’s (SER) Resource Center Database, recognizing the tool as an ecological restoration and prevention resource.
SER supports the United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration and maintains a global database used by restoration practitioners, researchers, educators, and institutions. The listing identifies the LSLRCC as a web-based resource that helps prevent the release of lead into soils, watersheds, and freshwater ecosystems by enabling the systematic removal of upstream contamination sources.
Alignment with Biodiversity and Nature-Related Risk Frameworks
The SER listing complements EPHI’s inclusion in biodiversity and nature-related policy and finance platforms where the LSLRCC is referenced, including Convention on Biological Diversity-aligned initiatives and the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures tools ecosystem.
Together, these references position lead service line replacement planning as an actionable pathway supporting biodiversity protection, ecosystem resilience, and nature-related risk management.
The LSLRCC functions as a cross-sector planning tool linking public health protection, infrastructure investment, and environmental stewardship, with growing relevance across climate adaptation, biodiversity protection, and nature-related risk management frameworks.
Preventing Ecosystem Degradation Through Infrastructure Planning
By modeling costs, optimizing replacement strategies, and supporting funding applications, the LSLRCC enables governments and utilities to eliminate chronic sources of lead contamination before they impact downstream ecosystems.
This preventative approach aligns drinking water infrastructure investment with ecosystem restoration objectives under Convention on Biological Diversity-aligned programs and the risk identification principles advanced by the TNFD.
“Removing lead service lines is not only a public health obligation, but also a preventative action that reduces long-term ecological risk and protects freshwater systems,” said Anthony Ross, Founder of Environmental & Public Health International.
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