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Tuesday, 01/26/2016 3:56:23 AM

Tuesday, January 26, 2016 3:56:23 AM

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Aging water infrastructure has affected cities across the country.

A part of the problem may be that pipes, many times buried underground, “are often out of sight, out of mind.” In January, the Monitor reported:

Poor asset management, shrinking federal and state budgets, and a lack of political will to address the issue over decades has left the US with deteriorating water and wastewater systems – some dating back to the Civil War era – in urgent need of repair and replacement.

With more than one million miles of water mains across the country, the cost of restoring and expanding them to serve a growing population could cost up to $1 trillion over the next 25 years, the American Water Works Association (AWWA) estimates. The EPA’s forecasts are more conservative – an investment of just over $330 billion over 20 years…”

http://winningdemocrats.com/flint-the-sequel-ohio-towns-water-supply-filled-with-lead-prompting-schools-to-close-video/

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/sebring-ohio-next-flint-water-crisis-lead-copper/

http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2016/0125/Flint-part-two-Ohio-town-s-water-supply-contaminated-with-lead

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2016/01/25/with-attention-on-flint-questions-arise-about-water-in-an-ohio-village/

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