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Water Is Life, and Infrastructure Makes it HappenTM

From cars being swept down the Potomac River - to massive sink holes literally swallowing trucks in Manhattan and Fire Engines in Los Angeles - to flood waters contaminating public buildings with E. coli in New Jersey, we are seeing the results of neglected water infrastructure.  Experts warn that if we don’t take action soon, an entire generation of progress under the Clean Water Act and Safe Water Drinking Act is at risk.  At stake, is a dangerous tipping point to a new era, or should we say - old, where water systems become unstable in their ability to deliver, fish kills and drinking water alerts become an everyday occurrence. 

Water Is Life, and Infrastructure Makes It Happen™ is an education program designed to face the challenge. Targeting ratepayers, local leaders and the media, it teaches the value of water infrastructure and the importance of investing in its long-term stability.  Water Is Life is FREE and designed to assist utilities and community organizations to build public support for investment in water infrastructure.  Click on the toolkit to get started.

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In the Spotlight

Confronting Climate Change: An Early Analysis of Water and Wastewater Adaptation Costs was recently released by NACWA and AMWA. The report estimates climate change adaptation costs that the nation’s drinking water and wastewater utilities are expected to face in the decades ahead. According to the analysis, the cost of climate change adaptation for U.S. water and wastewater systems could total between $448 billion and $944 billion through 2050. Visit http://www.amwa.net/cs/climatechange to link to the report.

 

L.A. fire truck gets stuck in sinkhole
Crew escapes after engine’s cab plunges into hole when water line bursts
Associated Press 
2009-09-08

LOS ANGELES - Two firefighters escaped injury early Tuesday after their fire engine sunk into a large hole caused by a burst water main in the San Fernando Valley, authorities said… 
 

Water main break floods NYC buildings, streets
Associated Press/AP Online
Publication date: 2009-08-07

NEW YORK - An aging water main burst in Lower Manhattan early Friday, flooding about 15 buildings, causing evacuations and closing streets within a three block radius…


INFRASTRUCTURE Warning Signs Study on Human Sewage in Area Waterways and Beaches Should Serve As a Wake-Up Call to Local Officials on the Question of Deteriorating Sanitary and Storm Water Pipes.
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
2009-08-15

Sandra McLellan is right: A new study on the amount of human sewage flowing into the area's waterways and contaminating some beaches "should be a wake-up call" to citizens…

 

City flushes sewage into river
Antiquated Civil War-era underground pipe system is overwhelmed when it rains. City searches for solutions.
Intelligencer Journal
Lancaster New Era
2009-09-02

LANCASTER- Ninety-six times last year, during summer rains or snowmelts, raw sewage and industrial wastewater from in and around the city were piped directly into the Conestoga River without being treated…

 

 

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Liquid Assets:
The Story of Our Water Infrastructure

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