Hundred of American communities are relying on century-old water supply systems. Civil engineers recommend system replacement every 50 to 70 years.
People in Houston
now have clean drinking water, after having to boil it for a day. Civil engineers say this challenge has highlighted a big issue: the pipe systems that are failing across the U.S. We’ve seen people in cities across the country without clean drinking water for weeks or months at a time. Some civil engineers say that most of America's U.S. pipe systems need repair or replacement.and now Houston, are just a handful of cities across the U.S. where pipe problems have left people without clean drinking water.
A public health crisis in and around the city of Jackson, Mississippi, began in late August 2022 after the Pearl River flooded due a failed water pipe system. Greg DiLoreto is a past president for The American Society of Civil Engineers. He says that people who have been without clean drinking water are looking for solutions to prevent this in the future.
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