Last week, the American Society of Civil Engineers released its 2017 Infrastructure Report Card, an assessment of the nation’s infrastructure produced every four years.Given the amount of media attention devoted recently to the country’s crumbling water and wastewater infrastructure, it’s no surprise that the most recent grades for that segment of infrastructure are not good. Drinking water systems were graded at a D, while wastewater systems earned a D+. Officially it was an improvement from the 2013 report card, although small. In 2013, both water and wastewater systems were graded at a D. And that was an improvement over the
Nation’s Water Infrastructure Gets a Passing Grade
The latest four-year infrastructure report card from the American Society of Civil Engineers gives improving marks to the country’s water and wastewater infrastructure, but there is still a long way to go.
