Our communities depend on aging drinking water, wastewater and stormwater infrastructure for the health of its people and the vitality of the local economy. With the release of the Wastewater and Drinking Water Infrastructure Sustainability Policy last fall, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) took the next step in its efforts to work with the water sector as it moves toward more sustainable practices. EPA has launched an enhanced set of web pages to provide information and resources for meeting the water infrastructure challenges faced in communities across the country.
Local elected officials and decision makers play a vital role in safeguarding the shared community assets that make up our nation's water infrastructure. To support local officials as they meet these challenges, the updated web pages also have a new section specifically for local officials. The pages provide information, resources, and materials designed to meet the needs of local officials committed to leaving a legacy of sustainable water infrastructure. It provides information that every local official should know about their community's water infrastructure and offers concrete, achievable steps that local officials can take to put their community on a more sustainable path or enhance existing efforts to address their water infrastructure needs.
View EPA's revamped sustainable infrastructure web pages [1]