Westerly EquiFlow Lead-Free Program

Like many small towns across the country, Westerly faces two interconnected threats to its water system: legacy lead service lines that expose residents to harmful contamination and emerging PFAS pollutants that pose growing health and regulatory risks.

Individually, these challenges are complex enough but together, they require a modernized and accelerated approach. Traditional engineering models would treat each issue separately, resulting in redundant planning, long timelines, and ballooning costs.

City leaders recognized that protecting residents’ health couldn’t wait. They needed a partner who could help them act fast, stretch funding further, and streamline solutions into one coordinated program.

CIP joined forces with the City of Westerly to create the EquiFlow Westerly Program—a fully integrated public health initiative designed to replace aging lead service lines and implement PFAS treatment strategies in parallel.

Through this turnkey, performance-based partnership, CIP is supporting every phase of the program: from LSL inventory and community engagement to PFAS system planning, funding strategy, and construction management. By tackling both challenges under one umbrella, the City is reducing community disruption and building a safer, more resilient water system faster and more efficiently.