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Report highlights clean water crisis.(NEWSLINE: The Latest Industry Developments)
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December 1, 2007
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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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