Wednesday 11 November 2015

Water Infrastructure Flooded with Problems

I can’t remember a time in my memory when the infrastructure here in the United States was not being given a D rating. It is nothing new, but once again here is another story highlighting one of our critical infrastructures that is in poor shape. Check out Dark water rising.

Since this particular infrastructure is underground, I call getting attention to the poor maintenance and leaky nature of many systems “submarine warfare.” It is out of sight and out of mind, until you can’t drink, cook, water or flush.

About the only time you hear about a failed system is when there is a spectacular failure. This incident from San Diego in September is the first one that popped up when I googled “broken water main.”  For the full article click here 



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