It’s a shame that so many people don’t understand the importance of investing in water and wastewater infrastructure. It’s an even bigger shame when that lack of understanding translates to a lack of funding for necessary projects, which in turn forces utilities to stay in a reactive rather than progressive mode.
The irony, of course, is those same people — the local taxpayers — end up paying more in the long run. Emergency repairs don’t come cheap. The longer you’re forced to go without replacing or rehabilitating old, failing infrastructure, the more expensive emergency repairs you’ll be forced to make. It’s
