Shouldn't there be a national infrastructure movement for water treatment plants in major cities and

[Samrob]

municipalities like there was for the interstate highway system? It seems to me that we are facing a national emergency with two big infrastructure systems, water treatment and energy grids. The building of the highway system was accepted as a great idea for jobs and transportation but it did destroy farms and homes of the most disadvantaged among us at the time.

Our energy grid(s) is suffering right now but since nothing major has happened in gated communities it is being virtually ignored by most voters. Water treatment problems seem to be affecting major inner cities across the nation now but hasn't reached much into the gated communities yet. But no one is exempt from aging infrastructure issues.

My nieces are dealing with corroding septic systems in rural GA right now. Well waters are facing seeping pollution from surrounding industries. We are on a collision course with time and nature. Even those gentrified communities that have swept into many inner cities will be facing this sooner rather than later. We need to put our taxes where our priorities should be and not slipping more of the dollars through loopholes into the pockets of people who have more money than they need but who really pollute our systems the most.

[msongs]

1. one would think so. instead we spend gobs on military when perhaps we could do both nt

[hunter]

2. Didn't we used to mock nations that didn't have safe tap water?

Well, here we are. Turns out we aren't so exceptional...

[Gaugamela]

3. The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act which Biden

signed into law last November includes programs for water treatment and the grid. I agree with you that these should be high priority. We’re facing a major water crisis in the southwest, and obviously in other areas as well. Also, our grid should be shielded against another solar storm like the Carrington Event, which could wipe out our entire grid and leave us without electricity for months if not years.

The nation has underinvested in water infrastructure for too long. Insufficient water infrastructure threatens America’s security, and it risks people’s health, jobs, peace of mind, and future prosperity. The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law delivers more than $50 billion to EPA to improve our nation’s drinking water, wastewater, and stormwater infrastructure - the single largest investment in water that the federal government has ever made.

https://www.epa.gov/infrastructure/water-infrastructure-investments

The $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill includes $65 billion for upgrading the electric grid. This is a long overdue investment: the grid, which consists of more than 7,300 power plants, 160,000 miles of high-voltage power lines, and millions of low-voltage power lines, has parts that are more than a century old and was recently given a C- score by the American Society of Civil Engineers. That’s not the post-it-on-the-refrigerator grade you’d expect from the largest economy in the world.

The $65 billion will go toward investments in enhancing grid reliability and resilience, expanding and upgrading transmission lines, improving grid flexibility with demand response and distributed energy resources, and boosting cybersecurity. For American households, these investments should translate into fewer and shorter blackouts, cheaper energy costs, and a cleaner environment.

https://www.ase.org/blog/heres-how-infrastructure-bill-improves-grid