You might find these resourceful links helpful in learning more about America’s water infrastructure.
2013 Report Card for America’s Infrastructure, American Society of Civil Engineers
A New Economic Analysis of Infrastructure Investment—A Report Prepared by the Department of the Treasury with the Council of Economic Advisers
Building America’s Future: Falling Apart and Falling Behind, (2012), Transportation Infrastructure Report
Buried No Longer: Confronting America’s Water Infrastructure Challenge, (2012), American Water Works Association
Crumbling Pipes and Underground Waste: A Glimpse at Our Ailing Sewer System (Video) , PBS NewsHour
Economic Analysis of Infrastructure Investment, (2010), U.S. Department of the Treasury
Failure to Act Report, (2011), American Society of Civil Engineers
Fixing America’s Water Infrastructure: No Better Time Than Now, The Huffington Post
From Water Management to Water Stewardship, (2013) Deloitte & CDP
Growing Blue, a website created to tell the story of how water is as essential to our economic and social growth as it is to ensuring healthy ecosystems and our natural environment
Importance of Water Synthesis Report, (2013), Environmental Protection Agency
Liquid Assets (VIDEO) public media and outreach initiative that seeks to inform the nation about the critical role that our water infrastructure by Penn State Public Broadcasting
Local Government Investment in Municipal Water and Sewer Infrastructure, Adding Value to the National Economy(2008), U.S. Conference of Mayors Report
Mr. President, Invest in Water Infrastructure, Water Environment Federation
Reliable Water Service and the Economy, American Water
Staying Green and Growing Jobs: Green Infrastructure Operations and Maintenance as Career Pathway Stepping Stones, Green for All & American Rivers
Staying Green: Strategies to Improve Operations and Maintenance of Green Infrastructure in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed, Green for All & American Rivers
Strategic Directions in the U.S. Water Utility Industry Report, (2012) Black & Veatch
Support for Clean Water Infrastructure, Water Environment Federation
The Global Competitiveness Report 2011-2012, World Economic Forum
The Global Competitiveness Report 2012-2013, World Economic Forum
The Race to Rebuild: America’s Infrastructure (VIDEO), CNBC
The Value of Water: What’s it worth to you and your community? (BROCHURE), Water and Wastewater Education and Outreach Committee
Trends in Local Government Expenditures on Public Water and Wastewater Services and Infrastructure: Past, Present and Future,Richard Anderson, U.S. Conference of Mayors, Senior Adviser, Mayors Water Council (February 2010)
Water Is Life, and Infrastructure Makes It Happen™, public education program by the Water Environment Federation
Water Works: Rebuilding Infrastructure & Creating Jobs, Green for All
U.S. EPA Clean Watershed Needs Surveys
U.S. EPA Drinking Water Needs Surveys
U.S. EPA Importance of Water Study
U.S. EPA Importance of Water to the United States Economy
Value of Water Index, Xylem, Inc.
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