| Abstract |
In the Fall of 1971 the Division of Municipal Waste Water Programs completed a survey of construction needs from Fiscal Year 1972 to Fiscal Year 1976 for municipal waste treatment plants serving populations of 10,000 or more persons. For a number of reasons it is considered essential that an estimate of the Nation's need for sewage treatment facilities be developed by conducting a survey of individual municipalities, rather than by a sampling technique which extrapolates with a mathematical model. The municipalities for 10,000 or more persons surveyed accounted for 77% of the total needs. The remaining 23% of the needs occurred in communities of less than 10,000 persons. The 1971 assessment estimated the total needs for the FY-1972 to FY-1974 period, as $14.6 billion. As Exhibit I indicates, this amount is effectively $3.2 billion greater than the 1970 assessment. The survey provided some insight concerning the composition of the needs of municipalities of 10,000 or more. It is shown the majority of needs to be for secondary treatment, tertiary treatment, and interceptor sewers and that 58% of the needs are for new facilities and 42% for modifications and improvements. |
