There are plenty of good reasons to push for greater investment in water infrastructure.The long-term cost of replacing old, deteriorating infrastructure is much more palatable than the high and unpredictable cost of continuing to make short-term repairs. Emergency repairs are even more costly, as any of you with aging systems is well aware. These types of repairs aren’t long-term solutions. And the work isn’t going to get any less expensive. The longer we put it off, the more it’s going to cost us. Without greater investment we are also setting up communities across the country for catastrophe – major system
