EditorialNACWA Looks to Answer Critical Questions: When Is Water Too Expensive? What Can Be Done About It?

NACWA Looks to Answer Critical Questions: When Is Water Too Expensive? What Can Be Done About It?

Local utilities go to great lengths to provide safe and reliable drinking water. What happens if rising rates make the price too high for lower-income families?

  • Appeared in print as "Keeping Water Affordable"
  • By Ted J. Rulseh
  • October 2021
  • Let's Be Clear

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