In 2019 total capital spending on water infrastructure projects at local, state and federal levels was approximately $48 billion, compared to investment needs of $129 billion—an $81 billion difference. That gap is only expected to widen, the report’s authors say.
As states grapple with reducing carbon emissions, adding carbon capture storage technology to industrial and power faciiities is an elusive goal and growing challenge.
The decision comes on the heels of a preliminary findings from a Harvard study that long-term exposure to air pollution is connected to more illness and death in COVID-19 infections.