Texas’ Broken Water Infrastructure: A Deep Dive into History, Crisis, and Hope
Water is now so precious in Texas that cities regularly warn residents not to drink the tap: reports Texas averaged about eight boil-water advisories per day in 2023 amid persistent infrastructure failures. This is no accident. In a recent investigation, found that many of Texas’s 7,000+ public water systems are decades old and leaking. In 2021 alone, Texas utilities reported losing roughly 132 billion gallons of treated water to breaks and leaks – enough to supply over a million homes for a year. With untreated sewage and poisoned lines sometimes spouting in neighborhoods, Texans are finding that the system delivering safe water is simply breaking down. This report traces how we got here, who is hurt most, and how communities and policymakers are scrambling for answers....
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