Expanding Our Coverage Footprint
When we launched United Current, we started with a focused geographic scope. Our thesis was straightforward: it is better to have deep, reliable, linked data for a smaller number of states than shallow data for all fifty. Water infrastructure procurement is intensely local, driven by state-level SRF programs, state regulatory agencies, and regional engineering relationships. A platform that covers a state deeply enough to be truly useful to vendors is worth far more than one that provides a thin national overlay.
Today we are announcing that we have reached deep coverage in five states: Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, California, and Florida. These five states collectively represent over 35 percent of the U.S. population served by public water systems and a disproportionate share of near-term water infrastructure spending.
What Deep Coverage Means
We use the term "deep coverage" deliberately, and it is worth explaining what it includes. For a state to reach deep coverage status in our platform, we must have the following data layers integrated, validated, and continuously updated:
Utility profiles for every community water system. This means every public water system registered in EPA's Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS) for that state, enriched with additional data including service population, system type, source water type, treatment technologies in place, and contact information for key personnel. For our five coverage states, we maintain profiles on over 12,400 community water systems combined.
SRF project tracking. We parse and integrate both the DWSRF and CWSRF Intended Use Plans for each coverage state, including all amendments published throughout the year. This includes project descriptions, funding amounts, priority scores, and project status. Each project is linked to its corresponding utility profile. Across our five states, we are currently tracking approximately 3,800 active SRF-funded projects.
Compliance and enforcement data. We integrate EPA ECHO data with state-level compliance databases to provide a comprehensive view of each utility's regulatory standing. This includes Safe Drinking Water Act violations, enforcement actions, consent decrees, and compliance schedules. For states with their own enforcement databases, such as New Jersey's DataMiner and California's SDWIS-State, we pull directly from those sources in addition to the federal data.
PFAS monitoring results. For utilities in our coverage states that have reported PFAS monitoring data under the UCMR5 program or state-mandated monitoring, we include detection results linked to the utility profile. This allows vendors selling PFAS treatment technologies to identify systems with confirmed detections and assess the severity of contamination.
Lead service line inventory status. We track which utilities in our coverage states have submitted their LCRR-mandated lead service line inventories, the reported number of lead and unknown service lines, and any associated replacement project activity. This data layer is particularly valuable for vendors in the lead remediation space.
Public meeting records and CIPs. For larger utilities in our coverage states, generally those serving over 25,000 people, we monitor board meeting agendas, minutes, and published Capital Improvement Plans for project-relevant signals. This is the most labor-intensive data layer and the one we are most actively working to scale.
State-by-State Highlights
Each of our five coverage states has its own characteristics and data landscape. Here is a brief overview of what makes each one distinctive.
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania has over 1,900 community water systems, one of the highest counts in the nation. Many of these are small systems serving fewer than 3,300 people, which creates both a fragmented market and significant small-system need. The Pennsylvania Infrastructure Investment Authority (PENNVEST) administers the state's SRF programs and publishes relatively well-structured IUPs. Pennsylvania also has significant legacy lead infrastructure, particularly in older cities like Pittsburgh and Philadelphia, making it a priority state for LCRR compliance activity. We track over 600 active funded projects in Pennsylvania.
New Jersey
New Jersey is one of the most proactive states in the country on PFAS regulation, having established state-level MCLs for several PFAS compounds before the federal rule was finalized. The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) maintains a robust public data infrastructure through its DataMiner portal, which provides downloadable datasets on water system compliance, monitoring results, and enforcement actions. New Jersey's SRF program, administered through the NJ Infrastructure Bank, is well-funded and moves relatively quickly from application to disbursement. We are tracking approximately 480 active SRF projects in New Jersey.
New York
New York presents a fascinating study in contrasts. New York City's water system, one of the largest in the world serving over 8.3 million people, operates at a completely different scale than the hundreds of small community water systems in upstate New York. The state's SRF program is administered by the Environmental Facilities Corporation (EFC) and publishes detailed IUPs. New York has also been active on emerging contaminant monitoring and has state-level programs for PFAS remediation. Our New York coverage includes over 2,800 community water systems and roughly 720 active funded projects.
California
California is the largest single state market for water infrastructure in the country, driven by its population, its diverse water quality challenges, and its aggressive regulatory environment. The State Water Resources Control Board administers both the DWSRF and CWSRF, and California supplements federal SRF funding with its own Proposition-funded infrastructure programs. California's challenges are uniquely varied, from PFAS contamination in Southern California groundwater basins to nitrate contamination in Central Valley agricultural communities to drought-driven water supply reliability projects throughout the state. We are tracking over 1,100 active funded projects in California across state and federal programs.
Florida
Florida rounds out our initial five states with a market characterized by rapid population growth, rising sea levels driving stormwater and wastewater infrastructure investment, and widespread PFAS concerns near military installations and industrial sites. The Florida Department of Environmental Protection administers the SRF programs, and the state has been a significant beneficiary of BIL supplemental funding. Florida's utility landscape includes both large municipal systems and a substantial number of investor-owned utilities, which have different procurement dynamics. We are tracking approximately 580 active funded projects in Florida.
How We Choose the Next States
Our expansion roadmap is driven by a combination of market size, data availability, and customer demand. We prioritize states where the combination of active infrastructure spending, data source accessibility, and vendor interest is highest.
The next states in our pipeline include Ohio, Texas, Michigan, Illinois, and North Carolina. Each of these states has significant water infrastructure activity, and we have begun the data integration work needed to bring them to deep coverage status. We expect to announce deep coverage in at least three additional states by the end of Q2 2026.
We also receive regular requests from customers asking us to prioritize specific states. If your target market includes states we have not yet covered, we want to hear from you. Customer input directly influences our expansion sequencing.
What This Means for Vendors
If you sell products or services to water utilities in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, California, or Florida, United Current now provides a level of market intelligence that has not previously been available in a single platform. You can identify which utilities have funded projects in your technology category, see their compliance history and regulatory drivers, understand their PFAS exposure, and track their procurement activity through public meeting records.
The water infrastructure market is projected to see sustained elevated spending through at least 2030, driven by the BIL, PFAS regulations, LCRR compliance, and ongoing aging infrastructure needs. Having the data to focus your sales and marketing resources on the highest-probability opportunities is not a luxury; it is a competitive necessity.
We are building United Current to be the definitive data platform for water infrastructure market intelligence. Five states is a milestone, not a destination. More coverage, more data layers, and more actionable intelligence is coming every month.
Related Resources
- Data Coverage → — Full details on our 30+ data sources and what "deep coverage" includes for each state.
- How Much BIL Funding Has Actually Reached Water Utilities? — How BIL dollars flow through state SRF programs to individual utilities.
- How We Parse 50 Different State IUP PDF Formats — The engineering behind turning messy state documents into structured data.
- Solutions for Construction Firms → — See funded construction projects across all five coverage states.
- Product Overview → — How our three-layer intelligence pipeline works from data ingestion to ranked opportunities.