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
Puerto Rico
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.
Advanced Wastew
Treatment
v S121M. 4.0%
Category
Percent
V Combined Sewer Overflow Correction
Vi Stormwater Management Program
X Recycled Water Distribution
Category I
Secondary Wastewater Treatment
$679M, 22.5%
Category IV
New Conveyance Systems
$1,662M, 55.0%
CWNS 2012 Puerto Rico documented needs by category
(January 2012 dollars in millions).
Category II
Wastewater
Category V
Combined Sewer
Overflow Correction
$24M,<1%
Category III
Conveyance
System Repair
$535M, 17.7%
I Secondary Wastewater Treatment
Advanced Wastewater Treatment
Conveyance System Repair
IV New Conveyance Systems
Improvements in treatment level of Puerto Rico'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
0.7 (5)
1.2 (4)
1.1 (3)
1.2(3)
-8.2%
6.8%
Secondary
0.6(35)
1.2 (41)
1.2 (40)
1.3(30)
3.7%
3.7%
Greater than Secondary
0.1 (1)
<0.1 (1)
<0.1 (1)
0.1 (11)
58.2%
156.4%
No Discharge
-(0)
<0.1 (1)
<0.1 (1)
-(0)
0.0%
-100.0%
Partiai Treatment
-(0)
-(0)
-(0)
-(0)
-
-
Total
1.4 (41)
2.4 (47)
2.3 (45)
2.5 (44)
-1.6%
7.9%
! 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 Puerto
Rico needs for
the 2004-2012
CWNS by category
(January 2012
dollars in millions).
3800
3600
3400
3200
3000
2800
2600
2400
2200
2000
1800
1600
1400
1200
1000
800
600
400
200



1 12004
~	2008
~	2012
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Needs Category

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