The results of a new U.S. Environmental Protection Agency survey should come as no surprise, but the numbers are still alarming.
EPA’s fifth Drinking Water Infrastructure Needs Survey and Assessment, the results of which were released earlier this week, show that $384 billion in improvements are needed for the nation’s drinking water infrastructure through 2030 for systems to continue providing safe drinking water to 297 million Americans. The survey identified investments needed over the next 20 years for thousands of miles of pipe and thousands of treatment plants, storage tanks and water distribution systems.
The national total of $384 billion includes the
