> It's one of the reasons water should cost more, to maintain and improve infrastructure. It should, but it's not. The article argues that the price of water i

> It's one of the reasons water should cost more, to maintain and improve infrastructure. It should, but it's not. The article argues that the price of water is going up, but quality is going down. Affordability is not the primary issue (it seems to be marketed that way because that's what individuals care about) but the larger issue is that infrastructure efficiency, and grid stability is going down. Bureaucratic failures all around. > “High-cost low-quality water is a national issue . . . . the federal government is clearly not playing the role it needs to play,” said Howard Neukrug, director of the water center at the University of Pennsylvania and former head of Philadelphia’s water department.