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Local water utilities must make significant investments to install, upgrade, or replace equipment in order to deliver safe drinking water and protect public health. Every four years, EPA conducts a survey of the anticipated costs of these investments and reports the results to Congress. The results are also used to help determine the amount of funding each state receives for its Drinking Water State Revolving Fund program, which funds the types of projects identified in the survey.
The third report to Congress, released in 2009, is based on data collected from utilities in 2007. EPA found that the nation's 53,000 community water systems and 21,400 not-for-profit noncommunity water systems will need to invest an estimated $334.8 billion between 2007 and 2027.
2007 Drinking Water Infrastructure Needs Survey and Assessment
- Fourth Report to Congress
EPA 816-R-09-001, March 2009
- Full Report PDF (80pp, 2M)
- Fact Sheet | PDF Version (2pp, 52K)
- Allotments 2010 - 2013
The 2007 Needs Survey will result in a change in the relative allotments of the DWSRF funds to the states. The new allotments will apply to the DWSRF grants to states for Fiscal Years 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013. EPA will announce the new allotment levels, based on the President's 2010 budget request, through a Federal Register notice planned for mid- to late- April.
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Modeling the Cost of Infrastructure PDF (95pp, 442K)
- Basic Information - What is the Drinking Water Needs Survey and Assessment? Find out here.
- Fact Sheet - Facts and information about the 2007 Drinking Water Infrastructure Needs Survey and Assessment
- Past Surveys - Links to the first and second Drinking Water Infrastructure Needs Survey and Assessments from 2003, 2001, and 1997.
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