Aging infrastructure and delayed maintenance can be problematic. Leadership in the city of New Britain (Connecticut) can testify from long and rather painful experience that neglecting old underground infrastructure is not a good idea.
“Our problem is old pipe,” says New Britain Mayor Erin Stewart, speaking of chronic inflow and infiltration issues in the city’s sewer systems. “And a lot of our problems stem from no one thinking about addressing the issues. The sewer lines are underground and leaders sometimes don’t care about things the people can’t see. Maintaining underground pipe is not a very sexy issue.”By “old,” we are talking
