On AlterNet: water infrastructure

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The U.S. Wastes 7 Billion Gallons of Drinking Water a Day: Can Innovation Help Solve the Problem?

Adam James, Climate Progress. November 4, 2011.

This is a major problem for municipalities around the country. But it’s also a major opportunity for companies that can mop up all that waste.

Every Story About Chemicals in Drinking Water Is a Gift to the Bottled Water Industry

Elizabeth Royte, AlterNet. August 26, 2009.

Instead, we must fix our municipal systems and, most important of all, better protect our watersheds from chemical and other pollution.

Federal Shortfall for Clean Water Puts New York in Need of $50 Billion

Environment News ServiceSeptember 23, 2008.

Federal support for water infrastructure has plummeted roughly 70 percent over the last two decades, and now places like New York are in trouble.

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