No one cries when thousands of gallons of treated water leak out of a transmission main several feet below their daily lives, but far too many complain when their water utility needs to raise rates or add fees to pay for infrastructure improvements.
Conveyance systems are the lifeblood of the water and wastewater industry. Much like our own blood, it's easy to take it for granted and just assume it will keep pumping.
In July, The Bergen Record of Bergen County, N.J., ran a story by staff writer James M. O'Neill detailing the treated water lost
