U.S. cities to meet resistance dilapidated drainage system update - drainage, the United States - wa

As cold wave affected Washington, DC, the main water supply pipe ruptured, although the District of Columbia Water and Wastewater Authority is responsible for George? Hawkins (GeorgeS.Hawkins) went to the scene to direct repair, but the surrounding residents or more, and constantly questioned why the city's drainage system is always a problem.

Currently, many U.S. water supply and drainage systems damaged old, dilapidated, and some systems even built in the mid-19th century, when the Civil War. "New York Times," based on the United States Environmental protection Board analysis of the data that the average American will have a 2-minute major main burst. State and federal studies have shown that the majority of water supply and drainage system is too old and can no longer function correctly.

Decades, it seems to have been used to ignore the issue of water supply and drainage system, almost no input in this regard any effort. Each year hundreds of pipeline burst destroyed streets and houses, and lead to dangerous pollutants infiltrate drinking water supply system.

District of Columbia Water and Wastewater Authority responsible for the problem solving Hawkins made a lot of local residents unacceptable. Like Detroit, Cincinnati and other cities, like their colleagues, some of the work of Hawkins is convinced the residents to accept higher Water Public utility companies in order to raise capital to invest in replacement of old pipelines.

Hawkins said: "People spend on mobile phones, TV The money, than the water bills. One day you can not telephone or television, but you can not do without water. "

In Los Angeles, Indianapolis and other cities, local taxpayers pay more for water resistance strong, the proposal to increase water charges to be reduced is not canceled. Now, Hawkins, and the plight of other utility executives have become a hot topic in the U.S. Congress.

Last year, the U.S. Congress for the funding for water infrastructure projects more than 10 billion U.S. dollars, becoming the largest amount in U.S. history, one of similar funds. However, Hawkins and colleagues have said, and they need to solve the problem compared to the money appears to be negligible. United States Environmental protection Board a study last year estimated that in the coming decades, just to maintain the existing water system will need 335 billion U.S. dollars. In New York state, the official estimate for the next 20 years, the only municipal sewage system will need to invest 36 billion U.S. dollars. (1 U.S. dollar equals 6.83 yuan)

Hawkins has suggested that the average population increase nearly 17% water, 60 U.S. dollars per household. The next six years, the cost will rise to 100 dollars. Using this additional fee, in Washington in the next 100 years to update all of the pipeline, before the budget is required to complete the same work three centuries. But some critics Hawkins

deliberately alarmist. Washington City Councilman Jim? Graham (JimGraham) said: "The growth of water people can not tolerate. Metro, roads need maintenance, but we do not see the fare or road toll soared ah. To provide affordable and reliable water resources Government's basic obligations. If can not, it should reform itself, rather than to charge higher fees. "

Similar controversy also occurred across the United States. In Philadelphia, rain caused sewage system to prevent overload, the Government is prepared to raise funds on the one complaining about being caught. In central Florida, a construction cost of 1.8 billion water pipeline network had been organized to protest the proposal.

EPA National Drinking water Advisory Committee (NationalDrinkingWaterAdvisoryCouncil) Jeffrey? Griffith (JeffreyK.Griffiths) said: "People before the construction of the survival of the water system, used for decades nobody pay attention to, and now who will pay it off. "

Hawkins actively promote the growth of water, in order to advance their own measures.



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