by Bill Eller | Oct 14, 2022 | Financial Shock, Florida, State, Green Initiatives, Infrastructure, Inflow & Infiltration
Warmer water and rising oceans equal more intense and more frequent storms, and the rise in frequency and destruction we’ve seen from storms out of the gulf and across the country are just one of the symptoms of climate change. Hurricane Ian recently demonstrated the...
by Bill Eller | Mar 14, 2022 | Intergenerational Communities, Mixed Age Communities, Millennials, Education, Service Line Responsibilities, Infrastructure, Inflow & Infiltration, Lead in Water
We don’t know how many lead service lines remain in service, and estimates vary by the millions. The American Water Works Association estimated that there are more than 6 million lead service lines across the country, but other sources put the number closer to 9...
by Bill Eller | Jun 5, 2020 | Home Maintenance, Infrastructure, Inflow & Infiltration, Financial Shock, Maine, Lead in Water, Education, Service Line Responsibilities, State
During National Safety Month, you’re focusing on ways to be safe both at home and at work. Since we’re all preoccupied with improving our personal hygiene to fight the global pandemic, and water is such an important component of personal hygiene, have you considered...
by Bill Eller | May 21, 2019 | State, Green Initiatives, Infrastructure, Water Loss, Inflow & Infiltration, New York
As Congress and the president eye a bipartisan effort at improving our aging infrastructure, the time for a wide-reaching infrastructure program to rebuild water, electric, transportation and information infrastructure, is now. The need for locally-based planning and...
by Bill Eller | Apr 24, 2019 | Michigan, State, Public-Private Partnerships, Infrastructure, Water Loss, Inflow & Infiltration, Texas
It is no secret that our country’s aging infrastructure is worsening, and that there is no one guiding agency or overall plan to address myriad issues from crumbling water pipes to inflow and infiltration overloading storm and wastewater sewers. Lead and Asbestos Even...
by Bill Eller | Feb 12, 2019 | Large Cities, California, Education, Maryland, Service Line Responsibilities, Michigan, State, Utah, Pennsylvania, Infrastructure, Water Loss, Inflow & Infiltration, Tennessee, New York
That our national sewage and water infrastructure is in dire shape is no surprise to anyone – nearly ten years ago, the New York Times wrote an article warning of the then 240,000 estimated water main breaks occurring each year, marveling that, in some parts of the...