The report, titled Information on Identified Needs, Planning for Future Conditions, and Coordination of Project Funding, was prepared in September by GAO at the request of Congress to review federal programs that provide funding for drinking water and wastewater infrastructure.  It describes (1) how federal agencies and selected states identify drinking water and wastewater infrastructure needs; (2) how federal agencies have supported selected states’ planning for future conditions that may affect needs; and (3) the extent to which federal and state agencies have coordinated in funding projects, and any challenges they faced. 

GAO reviewed eight federal agencies that provide assistance for drinking water and wastewater infrastructure and selected a non-generalizable sample of six states —Alaska, California, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, and Tennessee—on the basis of federal infrastructure funding amounts and geography.  For the six states, GAO reviewed infrastructure planning and program documents and interviewed federal and state officials.