Delivering safe, healthy water has been one of the main functions of government for as long as there have been governments, building aqueducts in Roman times and more recently across the Harlem River. Water is also political, as we have seen from Atlanta to Wisconsin this year. But that hasn't stopped our current governments from letting the infrastructure fall to ruin. Full Story »
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This blog post provides a look at some of the places where the water infrastructure has been allowed to "fall to ruin" with links to coverage. Not much there, there, other than a summary and quote from the AP story (attributed to the NYT, which isn't , which you might want to read instead--or in addition: http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/us/AP-Deteriorating-Water-Pipes.html?_r=3&pagewanted=1&oref=slogin . The writer also points to a good NYT piece on the specific woes of the NY ... More »
Though I can understand the author's angle of the story, there wasn't enough to fully back up why this is happening. The author made it seem that pipelines throughout the U.S. is the problem at stake based on the New York Times excerpt, but didn't go into depth on the statistics presented.
It's human nature to do nothing until it's a crisis. Comes time to fix the leak these people will be crying for lost wildlife habitat.
While its obvious this won't be a balanced story (it's from treehugger.com), I would still recommend it for the interesting information. The use of photos and transition from city to city in each graph makes the article a worthwhile read. The amount of information isn't great, but there are many useful links.
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