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Then city inspectors got on their bellies with a flashlight to peer into it. What they discovered has become far too common. A massive 19th-century brick sewer had silently eroded away, leaving a cavern beneath a street in Adams Morgan that could have swallowed most of a Metro bus. It took three weeks and about a million dollars to repair the sewer, which was built in 1889. Time and wear had torn off all the bricks and sent them God knows where, said George S. Hawkins, general manager of the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority. We have to find them and see if theyre plugging up the system somewhere farther down the line.
If it were not buried underground, the water and sewer system that serves the nations capital could be an advertisement for Band-Aids. And it is not much different from any other major system in the country, including those in many suburbs and in cities less than half as old as Washington. Although they are out of sight and out of mind except when they spring a leak, water and sewer systems are more vital to civilized society than any other aspect of infrastructure.
Rapidly deteriorating roads and bridges may stifle Americas economy and turn transportation headaches into nightmares, but if the nations water and sewer systems begin to fail, life as we know it will too. Without an ample supply of water, people dont drink, toilets dont flush, factories dont operate, offices shut down and fires go unchecked. When sewage systems fail, cities cant function and epidemics break out. All the big cities have these problems, and to me its the unseen catastrophe, Hawkins said. My humble view is that the industry were in is the bedrock of civilization because its not just an infrastructure that is a convenience, that allows you to get to work faster or slower. At least with bridges or a road, people have some idea of what it is because they drive on them and see them.
And just like roads and bridges, the vast majority of the countrys water systems are in urgent need of repair and replacement. At a Senate hearing last month, it was estimated that, on average, 25 percent of drinking water leaks from water system pipes before reaching the faucet. The same committee was told it will take $335 billion to resurrect water systems and $300 billion to fix sewer systems. There is no better illustration of the looming national crisis than the Districts system. The average D.C. water pipe is 77 years old, but a great many were laid in the 19th century. Sewers are even older. Most should have been replaced decades ago. Emergency crews rush from site to site to tackle an average of 450 breaks a year.
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Let's not spend money here or in afghanistan... because......... *drum roll*.... we don't have any.
Claire has already backed off healthcare on news programs here in KC. She is nothing but a whore, willing to sell her opinion to the wind as often as need be. A terrible senator.
Claire has already backed off healthcare on news programs here in KC. She is nothing but a whore, willing to sell her opinion to the wind as often as need be. A terrible senator.
This is why our country will crumble around us, if democrats want infrastructure spending, it must be fought. Only commies want clean water and a stable power grid.
Claire has already backed off healthcare on news programs here in KC. She is nothing but a whore, willing to sell her opinion to the wind as often as need be. A terrible senator.
This is why our country will crumble around us, if democrats want infrastructure spending, it must be fought. Only commies want clean water and a stable power grid.
I didn't take a side on the issue moron. I commented on her as a senator. Your post is why America is fucked. Can't see anything unless its on your radar or agenda.
Claire McCaskill: Spend Money On U.S. Infrastructure, Not Troubled Afghanistan Programs
What could be wrong arguing that American taxpayer dollars be spent on Americans first?
Here's an idea....How 'bout not spending it at all, rather than quibble over who can piss it away better?
Just a thought.
Way to mindlessly focus on form over substance.Here's an idea....How 'bout not spending it at all, rather than quibble over who can piss it away better?
Just a thought.
Great idea; we should never spend money on infrastructure. It will fix itself.
So, who disagrees with spending money on US infrastructure instead of Afghanistan's, and why?
