Sixth Report to Congress
Every four years since 1999, the EPA has sponsored a Drinking Water Infrastructure Needs Survey evaluating the drinking water infrastructure capital improvement needs of the country and each state over the next 20 years. The results of these surveys are used by the EPA to determine the percentage of the DWSRF appropriation that each State will receive.
The 2015 (Sixth) Drinking Water Infrastructure Needs Survey showed that Connecticut’s estimated need had grown from $1.394 billion in 2007 and $3.587 billion in 2011 to $4.018 billion in 2015.
The breakdown of these needs are as follows:
- Transmission and Distribution $2.542 billion
- Treatment $770.4 million
- Storage $400.9 million
- Source $187.6 million
- Other $116.7 million
The American Society of Civil Engineers has also reviewed the nation’s infrastructure and published a “Report Card” grading the various types. Drinking water received an overall grade of “D”. Connecticut’s information in this report card was based on the 2007 needs survey results.