The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) publicly released its fourth drinking water needs assessment today, identifying $334.8 billion needs for the 20-year period from January 2007 through December 2026. The purpose of the assessment is to document the 20-year capital investment needs of public water systems that are eligible to receive Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF) funding and excludes capital projects related solely to dams, raw water reservoirs, future growth and fire protection.
With $200.8 billion in needs over the next 20 years, transmission and distribution projects represent the largest category as they account for most of the nation’s water infrastructure. Other categories of need include (in descending order): treatment, storage, source and “other.”
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