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Staff -- Consulting-Specifying Engineer, 7/1/2002
A monthly compendium of facts and figures
Total number of U.S. infrastructure systems, including water, deemed "critical" by President Clinton's Decision Directive 63 and reconfirmed by President Bush : 8
http://www.amwa.net/isac/eightsectors.html
Number of gallons of freshwater that the average American household consumes every year: 146,000
http://www.epa.gov/safewater/publicoutreach/landscapeposter.html
Total dollars required to upgrade the U.S. drinking water system over the next 30 years, according to the American Water Works Association: $250 billion
