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Report highlights clean water crisis.(NEWSLINE: The Latest Industry Developments)

Nearly 35 years after the passage of the Clean Water Act, the majority of states are facing clean water infrastructure needs far greater than available funding, according to a report released by Food & Water Watch. Federal support for water pipes and treatment plants has declined from a high of approximately $2 billion in 1991 to slightly more than $1 billion in 2007--a 66 percent decrease when adjusted for inflation.

"Each year we fall more than $20 billion short of what is needed to maintain our public water and sewer systems," said Food & Water Watch Executive Director Wenonah Hauter. "As recent tragedies have shown, U.S. infrastructure has seen decades of neglect. Our ...

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