Bob Herbert's scathing op-ed in today's NYT is worth everyone's read. Herbert takes a hard look at the state of infrastructure in our country, particularly the nation's water systems. Needless to say the details are ugly/scary/disappointing.
You want scathing? Check this out...
If this were a first-class society we would rebuild our water systems to the point where they would be the envy of the world, and that would bolster the economy in the bargain. But that would take maturity and vision and effort and sacrifice, all of which are in dismayingly short supply right now.
You want scary?
The nation’s network of water systems was right at the bottom of the latest infrastructure grades handed out by the American Society of Civil Engineers, receiving a D-minus. Jeffrey Griffiths, a member of the federal government’s National Drinking Water Advisory Council, told The Times: “We’re relying on water systems built by our great-grandparents, and no one wants to pay for the decades we’ve spent ignoring them. There’s a lot of evidence that people are getting sick. But because everything is out of sight, no one really understands how bad things have become.”
Read the full article in print. Or here.
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