ITT Survey Reveals That Americans Are Ready to Fix Our Nation's Crumbling Water Infrastructure
Monday, November 1, 2010
ITT Corporation announced the results of its Value of
Water Survey, a nationwide poll that included registered voters and industrial
and agricultural businesses, and measures how the public values water and their
level of awareness of the nation's aging water infrastructure. The results show
that a majority of the American public desires reform and is willing to pay
more now to ensure that they have access to clean water in the generations to
come.
The survey found that nearly one in four American voters
is "very concerned" about the state of the United States' water
infrastructure. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, these breaks and other
leaks result in the loss of roughly 1.7 trillion gallons of water every year —
enough to supply water to 68 million Americans. More…
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