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OMB Control No:	ICR Reference No: 202605-2040-001
Status: Received in OIRA	Previous ICR Reference No:
Agency/Subagency: EPA/OW	Agency Tracking No: 7798.01
Title: The 8th Drinking Water Infrastructure Needs Survey and Assessment (DWINSA) (New)
Type of Information Collection: New collection (Request for a new OMB Control Number)	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular	Date Submitted to OIRA: 07/13/2026

	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	36 Months From Approved
Responses	2,919	0
Time Burden (Hours)	16,114	0
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0

Abstract: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)’s Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water will conduct a survey to estimate the capital improvement needs of drinking water systems eligible to receive Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF) funds. The survey is authorized by Sections 1452(h) and 1452(i)(4) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA), as amended by America’s Water Infrastructure Act (AWIA) of 2018. This survey will be the 8th DWINSA; seven DWINSAs preceded the current survey, with the first implemented in 1995. The 8th DWINSA will survey large drinking water Community Water Systems (CWSs) (serving over 100,000 persons) via a census approach, medium CWSs (serving between 3,301 and 100,000 persons) through a statistically based sample, and small CWSs (serving 3,300 or fewer persons) through a re-sample of those that were surveyed in the 7th DWINSA. Consistent with the principles of cooperative federalism, the information collection and quality review for medium and large CWS will be facilitated by the CWSs’ respective state SRF programs. The 8th DWINSA will collect information from drinking water systems in all 50 states, Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia, and the U.S. territories (American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, and U.S. Virgin Islands). These entities are referred to as the “56 states” or “states” within this ICR. The 8th DWINSA will not directly collect data from non-profit non-CWS (NPNCWSs) or American Indian or Alaska Native Village drinking water systems, except for supplemental questions for Tribal systems about their technical, managerial, and financial capability. To reduce reporting burden, the 8th DWINSA will estimate the capital improvement needs for these water systems by adjusting the needs estimates from the 7th DWINSA. The EPA will engage with key stakeholders to better understand and incorporate the differential in infrastructure costs faced by small community water systems into the 8th DWINSA needs estimate. Information will be collected via an EPA-hosted website. Information will be retained within the EPA’s records for the mandatory length of time after survey completion. The capital improvement needs results of the DWINSA will be used by the EPA primarily as a basis for allotting DWSRF funds among states. In addition, a national assessment improves the EPA’s ability to gauge long-term (20-year) capital costs of SDWA regulations and the provision of safe drinking water to the public. The AI and ANV question responses will be used to inform the Agency of Tribal water operator certification program usage and needs, and other technical, managerial, and financial capability concerns of Tribal utilities. The 8th DWINSA will involve 2,975 respondents (2,882 water systems/utilities & stakeholder engagement session attendees and 56 states), requiring 32,228 hours total (or 16,114 hours per year for two years) at a total cost to the respondents of $2,121,052 (or $1,060,526 per year for two years). Supporting Statement A, Section 12, Estimating the Respondent Burden Hours & Labor Costs, provides a detailed description of the unit burden and costs for this collection.

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 42 USC 300-12 Name of Law: Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA)

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
	Not associated with rulemaking

Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	89 FR 101008	12/13/2024
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	91 FR 38707	06/26/2026
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? Yes

Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 3

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
8th DWINSA Key Stakeholder for Small Systems	TBD
8th DWINSA State Survey for Community Water Systems	TBD
8th DWINSA Tribal Survey for Utilities	TBD

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Request	Change Due to Agency Discretion
Annual Number of Responses	2,919	2,919
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	16,114	16,114
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Increase Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: This is a new ICR. While it is comparable to the 7th DWINSA, this is a unique and separate survey action and ICR.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $1,834,750

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? Yes Part B of Supporting Statement

Does this ICR request any personally identifiable information (see OMB Circular No. A-130 for an explanation of this term)? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. No

Does this ICR include a form that requires a Privacy Act Statement (see 5 U.S.C. §552a(e)(3))? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. No

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? Yes

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? No

Agency Contact: Kiri Anderer 202 564-3134 anderer.kristen@epa.gov

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