Cost to Fix U.S. Waterworks Will Flow Down to State and Local Level, Experts Say

Route Fifty: Coming up with the billions of dollars needed to fix America’s decaying water and sewer infrastructure is going to require substantial investments at the state and local level, experts emphasized during a panel discussion in Chicago on Wednesday.

There’s an estimated $105 billion shortfall over the next decade in the amount of money needed to bring the nation’s water and wastewater systems into a state of good repair, Gregory DiLoreto, a past president of the American Society of Civil Engineers, said during the event.

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