As the nation’s pipes and treatment plants age, water-main breaks and boil-water advisories are becoming increasingly common.
WSJ explains how decades of disinvestment brought the country’s water infrastructure to a tipping point.
Photo illustration: Ryan TrefesTowns in Mid-America are facing water shortages as they grapple with a multiyear drought.
The southeast Kansas city of Caney will run out of water by March 1 without rain, officials said.
Four wells in Belle Plaine, Iowa, are producing 40% as much water as usual.
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disinvestment, Ryan
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Ryan Trefes Towns
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Ryan Trefes, Mid, America, Kansas, Caney, Belle Plaine , Iowa, Osceola, Des Moines