The Water Infrastructure Branch (WIB) consolidates the activities associated with water infrastructure planning, construction, management and funding. The branch is responsible for drinking water and wastewater planning; construction permitting of water line extensions; sewer line extensions and dams; evaluation of management of public water systems, publicly owned wastewater treatment works and dams; and implementation of the technical components of the federal special appropriations grant program of the clean water and drinking water state revolving funds.
The WIB consists of five sections:
The WIB incorporates in its processes the four pillars of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Sustainable Infrastructure Initiative, including
- improving infrastructure management
- full cost pricing
- efficient water use to minimize the demands on infrastructure
- watershed approaches to protection and management of water resources
Back to Agency Info Page