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Affordable water may soon dry up for 1/3 of Americans
- banhfun 10y agoFlint, Michigan still does not have access to clean, running water.
- ixnu 10y agoThis hits home several ways. My wife runs an environmental company specializing in water concerns in Atlanta. "In Atlanta, which spends more on water than any other state, there was a regulatory initiative to prevent stormwater from discharging into wastewater. The move prevented raw sewage from mixing into the streams used for drinking water." These initiatives are based on Section 404 of the Clean Water Act which has reported to be up for massive cuts from the new administration. Water run off and sewage waste have a direct impact on clean drinking water in Atlanta and the potential weakening of Section 404 will result in dirtier and more expensive water: http://www.newsweek.com/trump-freezes-grants-approves-pipelines-and-considers-sharp-budget-cuts-epa-547738 http://www.newsweek.com/trump-freezes-grants-approves-pipeli...
- technofiend 10y agoIt might be time for Houston to consider catching, treating and reusing water that today runs to the Gulf of Mexico via our bayou system.
- pasbesoin 10y agoThis has been an under-analyzed / under-reported aspect of current political and economic changes in the U.S.: The relentless drive to privatize and profit off of erstwhile public resources. The current leadership doesn't want to "fix" this. They want to maximize it.