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The anti-government and anti-tax mantra Ronald Regan promoted in the 80s remains in many Americans until today. But this sentiment that drove under-taxation in the country resulted in underfunding some essential services. Poor communities and cities are most affected by its consequences when this …
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There has been renewed focus on cybersecurity as critical infrastructure, as some crucial infrastructure in the US has been subjected to cyber hacks. In 2019 a Kansas water treatment plant was tampered with, and in February 2021, hackers infiltrated a Florida water treatment plant. Unlike …
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The Biden-Harris administration launched an initiative called "Closing America's Wastewater Access Gap Community Initiative" through a partnership between the US Department of Agriculture and the US Environmental Protection Agency. The announcement from the US Department of Agriculture says that …
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The EPA announced on 18 August 2022 that the longstanding sewage problem between the U.S. and Mexico border, mainly the untreated wastewater from Tijuana's sewage system flowing and polluting San Diego's beaches and coastal waters, is getting fixed. Mexico's water treatment plant near the U.S. …
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The 1960s and 1970s ushered in the golden age of infrastructure in the United States, where the country expanded its highways and built its water infrastructure. But infrastructure maintenance in many parts of the country has been lacking, and extreme events due to climate change are damaging …
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The majority of Louisiana's parishes or counties' population continues to shrink. Its 2020 consensus reflects a downward population trend, which some experts think may be influenced by the impacts of the pandemic and extreme events such as Hurricane Laura that hit the state in August 2020 (Adelson, …
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South Carolina's growing population and its experience of a severe drought in 2008-2009 are some of the reasons that the state needs to update its State Water Plans. On 9 March 2018, the American Rivers reported that the state plans to change this by completing its new water plan's second and …
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Aging infrastructure and climate change are two woes facing California's water management teams. To tackle these problems and encourage investors to get behind improving California's water system and future-proofing it, a couple of Standford researchers based in civil and environmental …
In a March 2020 report, sewage had steadily spilled into riverbeds and valleys, which would usually be dry, in San Diego, California, near the Mexican border. This cross-border sewage spill has caused a fair bit of public irritation due to the odors of the water infused with human excrement. …
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Appalachia is a cultural area of the United States extending from the south of New York State, following the mountain ranges down to northern Alabama and Georgia. This region is home to approximately 25 million people who live in relative poverty and poor conditions. One of the most …
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After five years of litigation and 18 months of court-supervised negotiations, the victims of the Flint Water Crisis will receive a $626 million settlement, the CNN reports. District Judge Judith Levy, who approved the order, says that the settlement "sets forth a comprehensive compensation …
California has been experiencing an extensive drought that started in 2000. In the last weeks of October 2021, the state has experienced a welcome deluge of rain that experts estimate to amount to 7.6 trillion gallons of water, enough water for 244 million people for an entire year (Robbin, 2021). …
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