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
Arkansas
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!	Qyy
Secondary Wastewater
Treatment
S124M. 17.3%
Category VI	i
Stormwater
Management Program	I
S6IV1, <1%	Category II
/' /	\ Advanced
A	Wastewater
A	f	\ Treatment
/	/	\$169M, 23.6°/!
Category
New Conveyance—|	/—	
Systems	v	/
Category III
Conveyance System Repair
$219M, 30.6%
CWNS 2012 Arkansas documented needs by category
(January 2012 dollars in millions).
Category
$M
Percent
1 Secondary Wastewater Treatment
124
17.3
II Advanced Wastewater Treatment
169
23.6
III Conveyance System Repair
219
30.6
iV New Conveyance Systems
198
27.7
V Combined Sewer Overflow Correction
nr
nr
VI Stormwater Management Program
6
<1
X Recycled Water Distribution
nr
nr
Total
715
100.0
Improvements in treatment level of Arkansas's publicly-owned wastewater treatment plants.

Population served in millions (number of facilities)

Projected
Level of treatment
2004
2008
2012

2032
from 2008-2012
from 2012-2032
Less than Secondary"
-(0)
-(0)
-(0)
-(0)
-
-
Secondary
0.7(118)
0.7 (104)
0.5 (96)
0.6 (96)
-22.4%
16.5%
Greater than Secondary
0.9(221)
1.0 (247)
1.3(251)
1.7 (272)
26,9%
39.5%
No Discharge
<0.1(9)
<0.1(11)
<0.1 (12)
<0.1 (13)
-6.4%
33.1%
Partial Treatment
-d)
-(0)
-(0)
-(0)
-
-
Total
1.6 (349)
1.7 (362)
1.8 (359)
2.4 (381)
6.9%
32.8%
1 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 Arkansas
needs for the
2004-2012 CWNS
by category
(January 2012
dollars in millions).
O
O
2004
~	2008
~	2012
Needs Category

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