Clean Watersheds Needs Survey 2012
Distribution of total official needs by State
(January 2012 dollars in billions)
Total documented needs = $271.0 Billion
Range	I 1 I 1 I 1 1 1 I 1
>$25B $5-$25B $2.5-$5B $1-$2.5B <$1B Did not participate
Vermont
The Clean Watersheds Needs Survey (CWNS) is a
comprehensive assessment of needs to meet the water
quality and water-related public health goals of the Clean
Water Act (CWA). States and the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) conduct the CWNS every four
years under CWA Section 516 (b).
Visit www.epa.gov/CWNS for more information.
Category I
Secondary Wastewater Treatment
$68M. 44.2%
CWNS 2012 Vermont documented needs by category
(January 2012 dollars in millions).
Category V
Combined Sewer -—
Overflow
Correction
$5M, 3,2%
Category IV
New Conveyance Systems
$43M. 27.9%

Category II
Advanced
' Wastewater
Treatment
$25M, 16.2%
Category III
Conveyance System Repair
$13M, 8.4%
Category
$M
Percent
1 Secondary Wastewater Treatment
68
44.2
il Advanced Wastewater Treatment
25
16.2
iil Conveyance System Repair
13
8.4
IV New Conveyance Systems
43
27.9
V Combined Sewer Overflow Correction
5
3.2
VI Stormwater Management Program
nr
nr
X Recycled Water Distribution
nr
nr
Total
154
100.0
Improvements in treatment level of Vermont's publicly-owned wastewater treatment plants.

Population served in millions (number of facilities)
Population change
from 2008-2012
Projected
population change
front 2012-2032
Level of treatment
2004

2008
2012
2032
Lessthan Secondary3
-(0)
-(0)
-(0)
-(0)
-
-
Secondary
<0.1(49)
<0.1(35)
<0.1 (42)
<0.1 (40)
-9.8%
25.9%
Greater than Secondary
0.2 (31)
0.2 (33)
0.3 (40)
0.4 (41)
29.4%
33.6%
No Discharge
< 0.1 (4)
<0.1(5)
<0.1 (5)
< 0.1 (8)
0.0%
79.5%
Partial Treatment
-(0)
-(0)
-(0)
-(0)
-
-
Total
0.3 (84)
0.3 (73)
0.3 (87)
0.4 (89)
18.1%
32.3%
! Includes facilities granted section 301(h) waivers from secondary treatment for discharges to marine waters. As of January 1, 2012 waivers for 36 facilities in the CWNS 2012 database had been
granted or were pending.
Total Vermont
needs for the
2004-2012 CWNS
by category
(January 2012
dollars in millions).
O
O
ZJ2008
~ 2012
Needs Category

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