Drinking water has earned a “C-” on the 2025 American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Report Card for America’s Infrastructure, which is the same score it received in 2021. ASCE released the report card grading America’s infrastructure on March 25, 2025, where the country received an overall grade of “C,” its highest ever score. ASCE drinking water report card The ASCE Report Card highlighted the need for funding and building more resilient infrastructure. According to ASCE, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) determined that the nation’s water infrastructure needs stand at $625 billion over 20 years, exceeding EPA’s 2018 assessment by more than $150 billion. … The report highlighted new funding opportunities, such as the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), which invested more than $30 billion for drinking water improvements, removal of lead service lines and addressing emerging contaminants like per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS).

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