Web Threads – 2002-07-01

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.

By Staff July 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

https://www.amwa.net/isac/eightsectors.html

Number of gallons of freshwater that the average American household consumes every year: 146,000

https://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

https://www.awwa.org/CorePage.cfm?CI=1