Water Main Break Rates in the United States and Canada

IF 0.7 4区环境科学与生态学 Q4 ENGINEERING, CIVIL

Journal ‐ American Water Works Association Pub Date : 2025-02-13 DOI:10.1002/awwa.2401

Steven L. Barfuss, Matthew Fugal

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Abstract

A 2023 report on US and Canada water main breaks is one of the most thorough and statistically important ever undertaken and compares trends from previous studies in 2012 and 2018.

Nearly 20%, or 452,000 miles, of water pipe are past their useful lives and need to be replaced, but they have not been because of a $452 billion shortfall in funding.

Of a total inventory of 2.3 million miles of pipe, 33% of all water mains are more than 50 years old, representing 770,000 miles at risk.

The United States and Canada experience 260,000 water main breaks annually with $2.6 billion in annual repair costs.

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美国和加拿大的水管断裂率

2023年关于美国和加拿大水管破裂的报告是有史以来最全面、最重要的统计报告之一，并比较了2012年和2018年之前的研究趋势。近20%，即45.2万英里的水管已经超过了使用寿命，需要更换，但由于4520亿美元的资金缺口，他们没有这样做。在230万英里的管道中，33%的水管使用年限超过50年，这意味着77万英里的管道存在风险。美国和加拿大每年经历26万次水管断裂，每年的维修费用为26亿美元。

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Journal ‐ American Water Works Association Multiple-

CiteScore

1.00

自引率

28.60%

发文量

179

审稿时长

4-8 weeks

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