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USEPA: 3% solution can close infrastructure gap
Author(s) -
Scharfenaker Mark A.
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
journal ‐ american water works association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.466
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1551-8833
pISSN - 0003-150X
DOI - 10.1002/j.1551-8833.2002.tb10219.x
Subject(s) - water infrastructure , slash (logging) , business , agency (philosophy) , natural resource economics , critical infrastructure , finance , environmental science , economics , environmental engineering , water supply , geography , computer security , computer science , philosophy , epistemology , forestry
This article discusses the long‐awaited but controversial Clean Water and Drinking Water Infrastructure Gap Analysis report recently published by the US Environmental Protection Agency. It concludes that US water and wastewater utilities can slash their infrastructure funding shortfalls of $263 billion and $271 billion, respectively, to $45 billion and $31 billion through 2019 by boosting spending 3% per year above the inflation rate.