9/2/2022
The New York Times (Sept. 1) – Some experts say billions more dollars are needed to overhaul 147,000 public water-supply systems across the country that were not designed to handle today’s extreme weather. “The infrastructure to deliver that water is largely hidden,” says Ashlynn S. Stillwell, a professor of civil and environmental engineering at Illinois. “Utilities have an idea how bad it is, but they might not have the large capital funds to do something about it.” READ MORE