Try to remember a time when it was harder to locate funds to improve water system facilities (or for that matter any public infrastructure).
Equipment and buildings are aging. Things are falling into disrepair. Downtime is a worry. Updates to newer and more efficient technology would improve service right away and save money in the long run, but that would require an up-front investment — and where will the money come from? Especially when the decision-makers and customers have little appetite for a rate increase in a still-troubled economy.
The answer may be simpler than it seems, and it doesn’t involve some
