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Drinking Water Solid Waste Roads Dams Infrastructure USA ASCE
ASCE releases 2013 report card on US infrastructure
The estimated investment need by 2020 is $3.6 trillion!
The scores are as follows:
- Overall GPA is D+
- Dams and drinking water: D
- Levees: D-
- Ports: C
- Roads: D
- Solid Waste: B-
Detailed information is available here.
Source: InfrastructureReportCard.org
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