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CWNS 2000 Report to Congress

These documents summarize the results of EPA's thirteenth national Clean Watersheds Needs Survey.

  • Executive Summary (pdf) (301.12 KB)
  • Cover (pdf) (308.51 KB)
  • Contents (pdf) (82.76 KB)
  • Acronyms (pdf) (44.06 KB)
  • CWNS Terminology (pdf) (47.28 KB)
  • Chapter 1 - Introduction (pdf) (144.08 KB)
  • Chapter 2 - Methods for Documenting Needs (pdf) (91.68 KB)
  • Chapter 3 - Key Results (pdf) (1.73 MB)
  • Chapter 4 - Sanitary Sewer Overflows (pdf) (583.36 KB)
  • Chapter 5 - Watershed-Based Needs Accounting (pdf) (974.64 KB)
  • Chapter 6 - Concluding Remarks (pdf) (786.21 KB)
  • Glossary (pdf) (61.05 KB)
  • Bibliography (pdf) (36.8 KB)
  • Appendix A - Summary of CWNS 2000 Cost Estimates (pdf) (242.06 KB)
  • Appendix B - Summary of 1996 CWNS Cost Estimates (pdf) (71.05 KB)
  • Appendix C - Summary of CWNS 2000 Technical Information (pdf) (126.07 KB)
  • Appendix D - Nonpoint Source Pollution Control Modeled Estimate (pdf) (150.3 KB)
  • Appendix E - Storm Water Management Program Modeled Estimates (pdf) (86.37 KB)
  • Appendix F - Summary of CWNS 2000 Cost Estimates by Watershed (pdf) (50.2 KB)
  • Appendix G - CWNS 2000 Needs Categories (pdf) (50.2 KB)
  • Appendix H - List of Acceptable Documentation Types (pdf) (72.01 KB)
  • Appendix I - Summary of Tribal Cost Estimates and Technical Data (pdf) (66.02 KB)

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Last updated on September 19, 2024
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