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Biden announces proposal to replace all lead water service lines in US within 10 years
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my little town is replacing all the water mains.. when the streets above them need repair or rebuilding, along with the lines to customers where needed. they've done two streets in the last ten years, each about 8-10 blocks long. they've got a long ways to go. 10 years ain't nearly enough time unless someone is gonna pony-up a ton of cash.
If almost guarantee the federal government will throw a couple billion at this, the local utilities will mismanage it, and the project will be completed in 2050 after another round or two of investment and maybe the army Corp of engineers taking over from bubba’s utility coop
They replaced the pipes in Flint in only a few years. Your city just isn't prioritizing the project.
Also, they're allocating $50b for it.
I think the ruling class has been posting record profit year over year for checks notes generations.
We can take some of their excess wealth so we have safe drinking water.
I mean, it's entirely possible to do that faster.
My town is putting pipes next to the road instead of under it. That way they can work on pipes without tearing out the road, and when working on the road they don't have to worry about the pipes (as much - I assume they still have to run under)
Is this a temperate environment? No freezing during winter?
They are underground, just not under the road. They are in grass which is easier to dig up.