Posts Tagged ‘EPA’

Safe Drinking Water Needs Assessed

Thursday, March 26th, 2009
2007 Drinking Water Infrastructure Needs Survey and Assessment

2007 Drinking Water Infrastructure Needs Survey and Assessment

The Environmental Protection Agency has conducted a study on the needs of improving our drinking water infrastructure. There is room for a lot of improvement in our infrastructure.

03/26/2009: Safe Drinking Water Needs Assessed.

The Drinking Water Infrastructure Needs Survey and Assessment, which is done every four years, reflects data collected in 2007 from states. According to the survey results, the nation’s water utilities will need to invest an estimated $334.8 billion over the next 20 years to deal with aging infrastructure.

Green Jobs and Healthier Environment

Wednesday, March 25th, 2009

According to EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson, the stimulus package recently signed into law should promote green jobs and a healthier environment. The package specifically includes $7.22 billion for projects and programs administered by the EPA. Of that amount, $4 billion is already dedicated toward helping communities with water quality and wastewater infrastructure needs and $2 billion for drinking water infrastructure needs. For more information on the stimulus package, see www.recovery.org.