Infrastructure Week 2016 Puts Spotlight on Value of Water

Infrastructure Week 2016 kicks off today and a national tour of innovators in the water sector will take part in various initiatives and activities throughout the week to highlight water awareness and its importance to infrastructure development.

There is no doubt that the infrastructure crises facing the country are vast, from roads and rails, to ports and pipes. In the water sector, the infrastructure crisis comes in the form of systems that are 100 years old — or older. There are water main breaks every two minutes across the country and severe stresses on systems, from flooding to drought, which make in increasingly difficult to maintain a safe, reliable water supply. But there are innovators advancing solutions to our nation’s water challenges.