Nation’s Water Infrastructure Is Crumbling

Across the country, burst, leaking and corroding water mains are indications that much of the country’s water infrastructure is reaching the end of its life expectancy. Repairs and replacements could cost hundreds of billions of dollars.

Water utilities, largely managed by city governments, have never faced improvements of this magnitude before. And customers will have to bear the majority of the cost through rate increases

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