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Here’s is an aerial photo of a home that has been engulfed by a sinkhole caused by a sewer pipe failure. The cost of underground infrastructure failures is much higher than average people want to believe. Sinkholes are one type of failure; water main breaks and other types (or, modes) of failure can have devastating [...]
It’s not that affordability hasn’t always been a concern, but a recent look at some important data now suggests that affordability has become a major concern for providers of water and sewer utility services in the US. For the first time since the 1950′s, personal income in the United States has experienced negative annual growth [...]
At last count (and still counting), the US Federal Budget deficit stands at $1.43 trillion, and the national debt is now $13.2 trillion. Those are big dollars, but the US is a mighty economic engine even in these recessionary times. Still, the national debt is now over 90% of the nation’s entire economic output for [...]