Test Your Knowledge on Water: Sciens AQ Test

#1. The Annual investment need for Water is estimated at +$129 billion with a total need of $645 billion over the next five years. What percentage of the overall investment is covered by the spending of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act?

Source: https://www.uschamber.com/infrastructure/water-funding-in-the-infrastructure-investment-and-jobs-act

Over 50%

Just above 35%

Approximately 10%

Less than 5%.

#2. The United States has a system of nearly 4 million miles of Water and Wastewater pipes that underpin the whole water infrastructure. How many miles of pipes were built before Warren Harding was president?

Source: https://www.awwa.org/Portals/0/AWWA/-Government/BuriedNoLonger.pdf

Less than 50,000 miles

approximately 100,000 miles

over 300,000 miles

I don’t know who Warren Harding is, so I will guess none because it must have been a very long time ago

#3. What is the median age of the 90,000 dams in the United States

25yrs old

40 yrs old

60 yrs old

No one knows as many were built by beavers a long time ago

#4. The United States has a population of ~350 million and has over 70,000 Water and Wastewater utilities. How many Water and Wastewater systems are there in the UK (population of ~70 million)?

Source: https://discoverwater.co.uk/water-sector

approx. 30

approx. 300

approx. 3,000

approximately 10,000

#5. In the US there are on average 850 water main breaks per day causing Billions of gallons to be lost in a day. Based on industry participants what % of total water is lost to leakage in the US?

Source: https://www.epa.gov/sites/default/files/2015-04/documents/epa816f13002.pdf

Most leaks and breaks get fixed immediately or very quickly therefore no water is lost.

5%

15%

Approximately 50%, the piping infrastructure in the USA is one big sprinkler system

#6. The average monthly water bill in the US is around $50. Which country has cheaper residential water rates than the United States?

Source: https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/electric-power-and-natural-gas/our-insights/us-water-infrastructure-making-funding-count

Germany

United Kingdom

Norway

None of the above

#7. Between 7-8% of the US population (~25 million people) in any given year report unsafe or don’t have clean water. What % of adult US population does not have a cell phone?

Source: https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/fact-sheet/mobile

20%

10%

less than 3%

Most people in the US still use pay phones and watch movies with DVD so the number must be very high.

#8. What US city uses this manhole cover for its sewer system?

Flint Michigan

Jackson, MS

Newark, NJ

NYC

#9. The American Society of Civil Engineers gave US Wastewater a D+ grade on its infrastructure in 2017. What score did they give in 2021?

Source: https://infrastructurereportcard.org/cat-item/wastewater-infrastructure

Stayed the same

Improved to a C!

Improved to a respectable B!

Over that 5 year period the grading got re-centered and grading was done on a curve so it went back to an A

#10. Which major U.S financial institution was founded as a Water Utility?

Source: https://www.jpmorganchase.com/about/our-history

Bank of America

Wells Fargo

JPM Morgan Chase

Citigroup

Results

#2. The United States has a system of nearly 4 million miles of Water and Wastewater pipes that underpin the whole water infrastructure. How many miles of pipes were built before Warren Harding was president?Source: https://www.awwa.org/Portals/0/AWWA/-Government/BuriedNoLonger.pdf

#3. What is the median age of the 90,000 dams in the United States

#4. The United States has a population of ~350 million and has over 70,000 Water and Wastewater utilities. How many Water and Wastewater systems are there in the UK (population of ~70 million)?Source: https://discoverwater.co.uk/water-sector

#5. In the US there are on average 850 water main breaks per day causing Billions of gallons to be lost in a day. Based on industry participants what % of total water is lost to leakage in the US?Source: https://www.epa.gov/sites/default/files/2015-04/documents/epa816f13002.pdf

#6. The average monthly water bill in the US is around $50. Which country has cheaper residential water rates than the United States?Source: https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/electric-power-and-natural-gas/our-insights/us-water-infrastructure-making-funding-count

#7. Between 7-8% of the US population (~25 million people) in any given year report unsafe or don’t have clean water. What % of adult US population does not have a cell phone? Source: https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/fact-sheet/mobile