Number of Water and Sewer Projects and USDA Loan/Grant Totals by State for Projects
Started From Fiscal Year 1965 Through June 1995
(Dollars in millions)
Number Loan and Average
of Loan Grant grant cost per
States and territories projects amount amount amount project
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Arizona 160 172.7 52.1 224.8 1.4
Colorado 239 181.3 96.2 277.5 1.2
Idaho 255 113.8 62.0 175.8 0.7
Montana 100 50.6 24.6 75.2 0.8
Nevada 63 42.9 15.4 58.3 0.9
New Mexico 174 83.6 43.6 127.2 0.7
Utah 206 133.8 45.3 179.1 0.9
Wyoming 132 57.2 58.4 115.5 0.9
Total 16,909 $20,401.9 $7,347.0 $27,748.8 $1.6
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Notes: All dollar amounts are expressed in fiscal year 1994 dollars. Figures may
not total because of rounding.
Funding for Water and Sewer Projects From USDA and Other Sources, by State, Fiscal Year 1965 Through June 1995
(Dollars in millions)
States and territor State/ Total non- ies Community County EPA Other USDA USDA -------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- Arizona 27.3 0.6 58.1 39.1 125.0 224.8 Colorado 34.7 30.6 20.2 23.9 109.4 277.5 Idaho 13.2 30.6 36.3 28.4 108.5 175.8 Montana 2.1 3.9 16.6 5.2 27.8 75.2 Nevada 3.9 3.1 26.4 7.8 41.2 58.3 New 12.4 20.7 19.2 20.2 72.5 127.2 Mexico Utah 15.1 36.4 54.1 39.5 145.1 179.1 Wyoming 14.4 88.5 19.7 65.7 188.3 115.5 Total $1,109.8 $2,184.0 $6,347.5 $2,506.6 $12,147.9 $27,748.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Notes: All figures are expressed in fiscal year 1994 dollars. Figures may not total because of rounding.
Percentage of Households With Population Under 10,000 Lacking Water and Sewer Systems in 1990, by State
Percent lacking Percent lacking
public or private public sewer
State water system system
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Arizona 11 41
Colorado 4 8
Idaho 5 11
Montana 12 15
Nevada 16 25
New Mexico 16 31
Utah 2 20
Wyoming 6 8
Average 9 20
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Source: GAO's analysis of data from the Bureau of the Census' 1990 Census of
Population and Housing.
EPA is also collecting information on water needs. These data are expected to be
available in 1996.
Small Communities' Needs for Sewer Facilities, by State, 1992
Number of Percent of
Number of small small
sewer communities communities
facilities in with with
small documented documented
State communities needs needs
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Arizona 309 37 12
Colorado 295 72 24
Idaho 209 33 16
Montana 192 19 10
Nevada 63 21 33
New Mexico 79 15 19
Utah 371 18 5
Wyoming 119 8 7
Total 21,834 7,258 34
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Source: GAO's analysis of EPA data in 1992 Needs Survey Report to Congress.
Source: Rural Development: USDA's Approach to Funding Water and Sewer Projects (Chapter Report, 09/22/95, GAO/RCED-95-258). Full text of report available from General Accounting Office (GAO) Reports.