H2Equity: Rebuilding a Fair System of Water Services for America
The water systems we use to deliver drinking water and remove wastewater from the homes and businesses of 327 million Americans are broken. Far too many Americans lack consistent access to affordable and safe water supplies to meet their needs. Far too many Americans distrust their tap water, even when it is safe. Far too many Americans experience sewage overflows, polluted riverfronts, and flooded streets. The failures of our water systems prevent all Americans, especially lower income and people of color, from having the healthy and prosperous lives they deserve. These disparities affecting some groups can be reduced and eliminated in much of the country and our water systems can simultaneously do a better job of providing even higher quality water services to all people.
While there is a general public interest in water issues across the country at a profoundly higher level than in past decades, this moment may not last. We must prove that we can solve problems of water quality, like the cities of Lansing, Madison, and Washington DC have done or are doing. That faith is critical to keeping all populations involved in efforts to keep making progress with America’s water needs.
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