EPHI Climate-Resilient Drinking Water Tool Published on UNESCO IHP-WINS
UNESCO platform expands access to climate-relevant drinking water planning resources.
Press Release
Chicago, Illinois – December 20, 2025
Environmental & Public Health International® (EPHI) announced that its Lead Service Line Replacement Cost Calculator® (LSLRCC) has been published on the UNESCO International Hydrological Programme’s Water Information Network System (IHP-WINS).
The publication places the LSLRCC within UNESCO’s global water data and tools ecosystem, supporting climate-resilient drinking water planning, evidence-based infrastructure decision-making, and implementation of water-related climate and development priorities.
UNESCO IHP-WINS and Climate-Relevant Water Knowledge
IHP-WINS serves as UNESCO’s core platform for sharing water-related datasets and decision-support tools used by Member States, researchers, and practitioners worldwide. Inclusion of the LSLRCC integrates drinking water infrastructure planning into broader hydrological, climate, and development knowledge systems that inform policy, research, and capacity-building efforts.
The listing includes persistent DOI citation to support grant writing, research use, and formal referencing, along with standardized metadata that enables durability, interoperability, and reuse across international water and climate knowledge systems.
Data-Enabled Infrastructure Planning
The Lead Service Line Replacement Cost Calculator is a freely accessible, multilingual digital resource designed to support structured cost estimation for lead service line replacement. Its publication on IHP-WINS positions the tool as a data-enabled planning asset that can be referenced, cited, and reused across analytical, academic, and policy contexts supporting climate-aware water infrastructure planning.
Equity-Focused Knowledge Access
Disparities in access to planning data remain a constraint for many communities addressing legacy drinking water challenges. By making standardized cost modeling information broadly available through an international knowledge platform, the LSLRCC contributes to more inclusive participation in infrastructure planning processes aligned with global water, health, and climate objectives.
“UNESCO’s IHP-WINS platform helps turn water data into shared knowledge that supports action,” said Anthony Ross, founder of Environmental & Public Health International. “Making the LSLRCC available through this system contributes to collective efforts to strengthen climate-resilient drinking water planning and protect public health.”
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