Clean Watersheds Needs Survey 2012
(January 2012 dollars in billions)
Connecticut
Distribution of total official needs by State
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.
Total documented needs = $271.0 Billion
Range	1 1 1 1
>$25B $5-$25B $2.5-$5B
~ ~
$1-52.56 <$1B
B
a
~
Did not participate
Advanced
Systems
$182M, 3.S
Category
Percent
I Secondary Wastewater Treatment
Advanced Wastewater Ireatment
Conveyance System Repair
IV New Conveyance Systems
V Combined Sewer Overflow Correction
VI Stormwater Management Program
X Recycled Water Distribution
Category V
Combined
Sewer
Overflow
Correction
$2,970iyi, 64.1%
Category I
Secondary Wastewater Treatment
$185M, 4.0%
CWNS 2012 Connecticut documented needs by category
(January 2012 dollars in millions).
- Category II	
Wastewater
Treatment
$924IVI, 20.0%
Category III
Conveyance System
Repair
S370M. 8.0%
Category IV
New Conveyance
3.9%
Improvements in treatment level of Connecticut's publicly-owned wastewater treatment plants.

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

2008
2012
2032
Less than Secondary3
-(0)
-(0)
-(0)
-(0)
-
-
Secondary
1.1 (43)
0.6 (32)
0.4 (20)
<0.1 (5)
-28.6%
-83.7%
Greater than Secondary
1.0(42)
1.5(53)
1.7 (64)
2.4 (79)
15.1%
43.8%
No Discharge
< 0.1 (6)
< 0.1 (6)
<0,1 (5)
<0.1 (4)
-5.7%
-56.1%
Partial Treatment
-(0)
-(0)
-(0)
-(0)
-
-
Total
2.1 (91)
2.1 (91)
2.1 (89)
2.5 (88)
2.1%
17.3%
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 Connecticut
needs for the
2004-2012 CWNS
by category
(January 2012
dollars in millions).
O
Q
2004
2008
~ 2012
Needs Category

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