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Last week marked the nineteenth annual International World Water Day, established by the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) to highlight water scarcity around the world and the importance of using water wisely. This landmark event is also an opportune time to look head-on at the state of our water infrastructure here at home, which is in abysmal condition.

True, almost all of our infrastructure including bridges, highways or dams, are receiving failing grades and need upgrading.  But there’s a real sense of sticker shock when you realize what is happening beneath our very feet and the massive waste of the earth’s most precious natural resource: water.

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