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Water Distribution Systems

Every day, we depend on the health, environmental, social, and economic benefits that clean and safe water provides. So that we can continue to enjoy these benefits, we must create a sustainable water infrastructure.
Distribution Systems
Research Areas Wastewater Collection Systems Research Distribution Systems Research Innovative Treatment Technologies Research Sustainabilty Research
Recent Publications

Nutrient Control Design Manual: State of Technology Review Report (PDF) (104 pp, 1.33 MB) (EPA/600/R-09/012) January 2009 - Abstract

Rehabilitation of Wastewater Collection and Water Distribution Systems - expected completion date 3/31/2009

Advanced Drainage Concepts - expected completion date 3/31/2009

Condition Assessment of Wastewater Collection Systems - expected completion date 3/31/2009

Condition Assessment of Water Transmission and Distribution Systems - expected completion date 3/31/2009
Recent Publications

Nutrient Control Workshops coming in Summer 2009

National Expert Workshop on Advanced Concepts and Innovative Treatment Techologies for Wastewater and Water Reuse, University of North Carolina, October 2009
Contacts
   

US EPA Proceedings: First National Expert and Stakeholder Workshop on Water Infrastructure Sustainability and Adaptation to Climate Change, January 6-7, 2009, in Arlington, Virginia

The Clean Water and Drinking Water Infrastructure Gap Analysis (PDF) (54 pp, 2.27 MB) (EPA/816/R-02/020) September 2002

Innovation and Research for Water Infrastructure for the 21st Century, Research Plan (PDF) (79 pp, 332 KB) (600/X-09/003) April 2007

Sustainable Infrastructure for Water and Wastewater

Drinking Water Research Program

Water Quality Research Program

Other Multi-Year Plans
AWI Contacts
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Sustainable Infrastructure for Water and Wastewater

Water Environment Federation (WEF) exit EPA

AWWA Research Foundation (AwwaRF) exit EPA

Global Water Research Coalition (GWRC) exit EPA
 

NY Times (04/18/2009)
Aging of Water Mains Is Becoming Hard to Ignore
   
...And they are bursting with alarming frequency in many areas these days, particularly in systems coping with septuagenarian, octogenarian, and even century-old pipes. There are an estimated 240,000 water main breaks each year in the United States, according to the Environmental Protection Agency’s Aging Water Infrastructure Research Program, and some water experts fear that the problem is getting worse. Read more.

 

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