Vermont has over 7,000 miles of rivers and streams, 300,000 acres of wetlands, and 812 lakes and ponds, totaling over 230,000 acres. There are 91 wastewater treatment facilities that treat approximately 44 million gallons of sewage and discharge the treated effluent to the waters of Vermont each day. To address Vermont’s clean water needs, $156 million of additional funds is needed annually to do wastewater and stormwater sewer repairs, retrofits, and facility upgrades. Of this, $18 million is the annual need specifically for municipal wastewater infrastructure. Proposed budget cuts in the state’s Clean Water State Revolving Fund – the primary funding mechanism for financing clean water infrastructure upgrades and retrofits – do not support the municipal wastewater systems in the state that are trying to keep the water clean.
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Bridges
Dams
Drinking Water
Roads
Solid Waste
WastewaterA: Exceptional, B: Good, C: Mediocre, D: Poor, F: Failing, ?: Incomplete
Each category was evaluated on the basis of capacity, condition, funding, future need, operation and maintenance, public safety, resilience, and innovation
Aviation
12 public-use airports
Bridges
251 of the 2,731 bridges are structurally deficient
Bridges
$29.20 million in bridge funds came from the Federal Highway Bridge Fund in 2011
Dams
78% of the state regulated dams have an Emergency Action Plan
Dams
40 high hazard dams
Drinking Water
$453 million in drinking water infrastructure needs over the next 20 years
Energy
1.829 gigawatt-hours of renewable energy every year, ranking it 39th
Hazardous Waste
11 sites on the National Priorities List
Levees
2 miles of levees
Public Parks
$65.0 million of unmet needs for its parks system
Rail
8 freight railroads covering 590 miles across the state, ranking 44th nationally by mileage
Roads
1,658 of the state’s 14,291 public roads are major roads, and 14% are in poor condition
Roads
$201.0 million a year in costs to motorists from driving on roads in need of repair, which is $379 /yr per motorist
Schools
$326.0 million in estimated school infrastructure funding needs
Transit
2.5 million annual unlinked passenger trips via transit systems including bus, transit, and commuter trains
Wastewater
$218.0 million in wastewater infrastructure needs over the next 20 years
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