America's Aging Water Infrastructure Is Breaking Down

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3 жыл бұрын

America’s water infrastructure is breaking down - and some communities are being hit harder than others.
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Brett Walton, a reporter for Circle of Blue, covers the economics of water in the U.S. He says some communities are adversely affected due by poor water infrastructure due to a lack of forethought, age and maintenance, and a changing climate.
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@bigcmcg3946 3 жыл бұрын

Never forget Flint.

@sonja.m. 3 жыл бұрын

Water should be a human right 💫🌱🌐

@nickking6371 3 жыл бұрын

A global human right?

@deirdremorris9234 3 жыл бұрын

If its a right it can be taken away. It should just Be

@brandonsmith3060 3 жыл бұрын

Still need plumbers…How about incentivizing education & licensing to get more people into the trade?

@johnnydoe2672 3 жыл бұрын

This is why we needed unions and why we still need unions. Corporations and government will continue to tax and profit off of labor and consumers while doing the bare minimum to keep everything afloat. We need to show them who’s really boss: the American people.

@amandap9332 3 жыл бұрын

@@johnnydoe2672 we need to just stop using money altogether. Thats how we solve most crises we face right now. Ditch money and switch to a resource based economy. Check out the venus project to see what im talking about.

@brandonsmith3060 3 жыл бұрын

@@amandap9332 well rounded and educated problem solving mind would be one of the most valuable resources.

@amandap9332 3 жыл бұрын

@@brandonsmith3060 indeed it would. We waste our talents in a monetized system.

@lelucheking7420 3 жыл бұрын

All of these are valid points, but how about we also talk about the cost of maintaining water systems as we sprawl further and further out. It's cheap to install these but down the line, you have to spend millions to repair water systems with property taxes collected from only a couple hundred houses.

@johnnydoe2672 3 жыл бұрын

This is a good point, and resources need to be attributed to making water infrastructure more efficient and easier to maintain. Infrastructure in general hasn’t been modernized for decades, and that infrastructure was designed without consideration for the problems we’re facing today. Costs seem relatively high, but that’s because of our misallocation of resources and wasting them on useless infrastructure. Infrastructure that doesn’t generate or sustain growth is bound to become a liability and lead to its own collapse, taking taxpayers along with it.

@amandap9332 3 жыл бұрын

Well, we could switch to a resource based economy with no monetary systems. We have the resources needed to maintain our water infrastructure, just not the money. Money is a scam against humanity. We dont need it and never have. And we will keep facing the same problems we do today if we dont get rid of money permanently. Anything else is essentially just kicking the can down the road for someone else to deal with. And i, for one, am entirely sick of kicking the can. Thats how we ended up in this position in the first place. I refuse to do that to anyone else.

@Pikkabuu 3 жыл бұрын

Or stop the suburb spawl and build more high density living areas. Suburbs are literally one of the root problems of the US.

@dave9401 3 жыл бұрын

I've seen this man speak on a few issues and I find him very charming and endearing. You can just tell he's a really gentle soul who cares a lot about people and our planet. Who is he? Edit: Brett Walton, he's an activist, makes sense...

@dividedconquered3784 3 жыл бұрын

Water is the new monopoly! It's going to be scary!😔

@nick281972 3 жыл бұрын

When everything is underpinned by profit this is what happens

@jamesfox2857 3 жыл бұрын

Thank You . . .

@lawrenceholst3808 3 жыл бұрын

Look at everything in America like you look at that water 💦

@DigitalDuelist 3 жыл бұрын

You mean bottled water costing more than gas per gallon when it was the most abundant natural resource on earth?

@vehx9316 3 жыл бұрын

Fresh water to be exact, and if we look at it the amount of freshwater in the world that can be readily drunk and use for other purposes is very limited.

@Steven_Esterhuyse 3 жыл бұрын

I like the refutations 😂🤣

@richardgray9284 3 жыл бұрын

Less then 1% is drinkable

@Steven_Esterhuyse 3 жыл бұрын

@@richardgray9284 Is desalination not an option?

@CanadianRose 3 жыл бұрын

My fiance and I moved into a house in the country, and the previous owners were here for 20 years with their family. When we moved in, we had the water tested and there was high levels or iron and a couple other things that were bad that I can't remember at the moment (and they were drinking this). So we ended up getting a full water filtration system put in in our basement, and we have a little drinking faucet on our counter and our fridge is connected. So those two have like 3 or 4 times reverse osmosis on the water. The wife who lived here also had a slight hump on her upper back, and we were thinking that could have been caused by bad drinking water all those years. It is a possibility. Sometimes it's good to get your water tested in order to protect your health.

@dewmontain123 2 жыл бұрын

Now you gotta change your pipes...

@CanadianRose 2 жыл бұрын

@@dewmontain123 Why?

@AKUNJIG 3 жыл бұрын

Every 2 Minutes a Water Main Breaks in America.

@Throughthelurkingglass 3 жыл бұрын

I haven't drank water from the sink in years, All I drink is basically bottled water, living in west Texas I just got used to it.

@jans5714 3 жыл бұрын

Hi Joshua! I remember when visiting the US, I always thought, the tap water tasted of chlorine and since the sodas in fast food joints were made from it they too tasted like that. So yea, when I visit, I'll usually buy bottled water too, something I've moved away from because I want to reduce the amount of trash I produce

@Throughthelurkingglass 3 жыл бұрын

@@jans5714 Some places have good water, Austin where I grew up, and Fort Worth where I live now, West Twxas is oilfield heavy. But I lived in Fiji for a year and a half and their tap water tastes like the Fiji water they sell everywhere

@jans5714 3 жыл бұрын

@@Throughthelurkingglass Ah okay. I spent a lot of time in Nort Carolina, near the coast. Maybe that's just how it is there. I'll give the tap water a try next time ☺

@bignardo95 3 жыл бұрын

Its time to do for self and community in this collapsing nation.

@francescapowell1538 3 жыл бұрын

Just finished watching the debate going on about the teaching of Critical Race Theory (CRT) and the opening introduction to this video is very telling.

@alexwyler4570 3 жыл бұрын

i am 58. when i was little, i remember when visiting people in BEAUTIFUL rural areas, i had to work the pomp outside by hand to get water. The concept of "turning on a faucet and water comes out" is probably 60 years old for most people in North America. You are young, so, for you, that" turning on your faucet and water comes out" has been around "all your life". just a bit of perspective .

@k12kyle 3 жыл бұрын

and your point is what?

@nickking6371 3 жыл бұрын

Go to peoria illinois and film the water mains breaking there. Its catepillarworld headquarters

@canadien325 3 жыл бұрын

Canada sold our water to nestle

@fk2121 3 жыл бұрын

America needs to get its priorities right instead of giving money to Israel for arms they need to spend on their own countries needs before it becomes a third world country or worse than a third world country.

@stoodmuffinpersonal3144 3 жыл бұрын

Canada is the same way.

@richardgray9284 3 жыл бұрын

Most of the world is. Just needs to be fixed

@lazyeyedwolf5284 3 жыл бұрын

Good maybe this will force them to do better

@TheVboy1 3 жыл бұрын

Build Back Better World? Lol. America get your house in order first.

@madeinsergei8492 3 жыл бұрын

Went to the us and drank some water from the faucet, never had I ever tasted water so weird and dry like ever in my life water bottles aren't as good as I know them. Where I come from you can drink water straight from the faucet and taste so clear and taste like "water"

@-Subtle- 3 жыл бұрын

You're full of it.

@madeinsergei8492 3 жыл бұрын

@@-Subtle- yep, full of fresh water

@tom10552 3 жыл бұрын

I live in NY. The water is from a mountain origin reservoir. I filter my tap water. I do not drink it directly from the tap like I used to. I am grateful to at least have this much trust in my local tap water supply. Tap water at least contains fluoride which is better for our teeth. Bottled water does not. I know I have it better than most. And it can be improved further. I hope everyone in the world can have access to clean drinking water from the tap that does not required further filtration. This is the sad result of evil corporations maximizing profit at the expense of the environment. Then the bottled water and filtration industries came about, which would not be needed if the environment was conserved and protected decades ago.

@-Subtle- 3 жыл бұрын

@@madeinsergei8492 I live in NY and I drink some of the cleanest water in the world...from the tap. The USA is a conglomerate of 50 states and territories. The water differs based on where you go. You'd know that if you ever came here. That's why you are full of ess.