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We came across this news article last night and thought it was a good example of strong financial planning by the community of Laurel, Mississippi. In this community, despite an identified need of over $11 million in line replacement costs, the city leaders used a five and ten-year financial plan to determine that they could [...]
There is an excellent blog entry at Water News Update listing the top 10 infrastructure fail stories for 2009. Water News Update tracked most of these stories, and many of them were also discussed here on the StepWise blog. If you read this blog, you will recognize many in the WNU list. Water News Update: [...]
For those who remain skeptical that water/sewer infrastructures is not one of the most critical (and expensive) issues facing the United States right now, you can easily see several examples of major infrastructure failures at the following links: Baltimore – 42″ water main breaks creating an urban river in seconds. Pittsburgh – water main breaks [...]
When considering the total costs of the crumbling “wet” infrastructure (water/sewer utility infrastructure) around the US, the financial cost of actually repairing and replacing the assets is something that all by itself is able to cause severe sticker shock. Estimates from the American Society of Civil Engineers show that our drinking water infrastructure is underfunded [...]
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