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Water polluting Original Source Link: (May no longer be active)    http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/274/nation/EPA_report_about_water_says_pollution_worsening+.shtml http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/274/nation/EPA_report_about_water_says_pollution_worsening+.shtml EPA report about water says pollution worsening By Associated Press, 10/1/2002 WASHINGTON - More than a third of surveyed rivers, and about half of all lakes and estuaries, are too polluted for swimming or fishing, the Environmental Protection Agency said yesterday. It projected a gap of more than $500 billion in unmet water quality needs over 20 years unless spending on treatment facilities rises significantly. The agency issued two separate reports on water quality that were each based on 2000 data. In one of the reports, a biennial national water quality inventory that formerly was issued as a report to Congress, the agency said runoff from farmland, sewage treatment plants, and changes in the natural flow of streams and rivers are fouling the nation's waters. From 1998 to 2000, the percentage of polluted streams rose from 35 percent to 39 percent; the percentage of polluted lakes stayed at 45 percent; and the percentage of polluted estuaries rose from 44 percent to 51 percent. The second report, a ''gap analysis'' of water infrastructure needs, says that an increase in real spending on the nation's network of treatment plants by 3 percent above the rate of inflation would be required for cities and towns to keep up with pressing needs. By 2019, systems could be short $271 billion for wastewater and $263 billion for drinking water - money that would be badly needed to replace aging pipes, maintain existing facilities, and build new ones to meet rising demand, the agency said. With the 3 percent spending increases, the gaps could be held to $45 billion for drinking water and $31 billion for wastewater, it said. G. Tracy Mehan III, EPA's assistant administrator for water programs, blamed deferred maintenance, inadequate capital replacement, and a generally aging infrastructure. ''The overall picture is that probably compared to any country in the world, we've had tremendous success in the past several decades, especially given the rip-roaring growth of the economy and the substantial growth in the population,'' Mehan said. This story ran on page A18 of the Boston Globe on 10/1/2002. © Copyright 2002 Globe Newspaper Company.

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