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Modern civilization and life itself would be impossible without it. Woman okay, so today, were going to look at how do we get our water . Narrator and today, its a matter of simply turning on the tap. So often, we forget about the value of water. Water is a commodity that is essential to life. 100 years ago, it would have been hard to imagine turning on the tap water. And now, its an expectation. Narrator over 300 Million People live in the United States. And each person uses an average of 100 g...

Across america, cities and towns, homes and businesses all depend upon one basic resource. Modern civilization and life itself would be impossible without it. Woman okay, so today, were going to look at how do we get our water . Narrator and today, its a matter of simply turning on the tap. So often, we forget about the value of water. Water is a commodity that is essential to life. 100 years ago, it would have been hard to imagine turning on the tap water. And now, its an expectation. Narrator ...

Across america, cities and towns, homes and businesses all depend upon one basic resource. Modern civilization and life itself would be impossible without it. Woman okay, so today, were going to look at how do we get our water . Narrator and today, its a matter of simply turning on the tap. So often, we forget about the value of water. Water is a commodity that is essential to life. 100 years ago, it would have been hard to imagine turning on the tap water. And now, its an expectation. Narrator ...

The end of useful life. Woman what to do . Wssc is working on that costly problem right now. Brunhart its not only true here, but its true throughout our nation. Narrator across the United States, cities and towns are facing the challenge of aging and outdated Drinking Water, wastewater, and stormWater Infrastructure. Its a national problem. But it needs to be approached system by system. Allbee lets frame the systems in terms of the proper context. We have around 16,000 wastewater systems. We d...

Of 100 gallons of water every day. Man what it takes to actually make clean water is somewhat a mystery to most customers. Woman so how does water get from the river into your house, or here at school . Woman somebody has to bring that water to us, and somebody has to take it away when were finished with it. Man the Water Infrastructure is vital for disease protection, fire protection, basic sanitation, economic development, and for our quality of life. Man you just cant visualize all the assets...

Thank you. Is there anyone else who would like to comment on the general managers report . Yes. Please come forward. Merry christmas, commissioners, members of the public, interested individuals, listening to the managers report, i found it hollow, empty and kind of disrespectful due to the fact that it just comes off like a dictatorship, you really have nothing as far as a relationship with the city and county of San Franciscos residents, and that is so clear with the way you operate in this ci...

Creating a combined sewer overflow, or cso. There are over 700 communities in the United States with combined sewer systems. The other approach was to separate wastewater from stormwater, using two pipe networks. This separate system simply carries the stormwater away from the city. But even separate systems pollute the watershed. In developed areas, concrete and other impervious services prevent water from naturally soaking into the land. As the rainwater moves over the roads and concrete expan...

Across america, cities and towns, homes and businesses all depend upon one basic resource. Modern civilization and life itself would be impossible without it. Woman okay, so today, were going to look at how do we get our water . Narrator and today, its a matter of simply turning on the tap. So often, we forget about the value of water. Water is a commodity that is essential to life. 100 years ago, it would have been hard to imagine turning on the tap water. And now, its an expectation. Narrator ...

Across america, cities and towns, homes and businesses all depend upon one basic resource. Modern civilization and life itself would be impossible without it. Woman okay, so today, were going to look at how do we get our water . Narrator and today, its a matter of simply turning on the tap. So often, we forget about the value of water. Water is a commodity that is essential to life. 100 years ago, it would have been hard to imagine turning on the tap water. And now, its an expectation. Narrator ...

And eventual upgrades has resulted in a considerable repair and replacement backlog. Allbee on a national scale, if you looked at what were spending now, and you looked at the additional investment requirements over the next 20 years, theres a 540 billion difference. Man so one of the greatest challenges is to reflect true value pricing. So that the citizens and businesses that rely on water and Wastewater Infrastructure systems are actually paying for it. Narrator cities and municipalities acro...