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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 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 so...

And to expand existing systems. Narrator because original Infrastructure Investments were frequently subsidized by the federal government, Water Pricing was often calculated without accounting for the initial cost to build the systems. We made Major Investments in assets in the 50s, 60s, and 70s. And for the first 40 years of that pipe, there really may not have been many maintenance requirements. Were past that period now. Narrator Water Pricing based only on daytoday operation, and not on plan...

And it served as a prototype for Many American cities, including pittsburgh and new york. Man new york city went to philadel a said, you know, were thinking of developing a hudson river water supply what do you suggest we do . And they said, weve had a lot of problems on the schuylkill. Dont go to the hudson river. Go to the upland and work by gravity. And thats what new york city did. They first went to the hudson highlands, but 150 years later, it went to the delaware highlands. And really div...

And each person uses an average 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 ju...

Live in the United States. And each person uses an average 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 ...

To try to make sure that we implemented it properly. But obviously, we didnt do a good enough job. And i regret that. Were talking about 5 of the population who are in whats called the individual market. Theyre out there buying Health Insurance on their own. A lot of these plans are subpar plans. And we put in a clause in the law that said, if you have one of those plans, even if it was subpar when the law was passed, you could keep it. But theres enough churn in the market that folks since then...

To try to make sure that we implemented it properly. But obviously, we didnt do a good enough job. And i regret that. Were talking about 5 of the population who are in whats called the individual market. Theyre out there buying Health Insurance on their own. A lot of these plans are subpar plans. And we put in a clause in the law that said, if you have one of those plans, even if it was subpar when the law was passed, you could keep it. But theres enough churn in the market that folks since then...

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And some of those people like those policies and they cant keep it. What happened . Well, first of all, i meant what i said and we worked hard to try to make sure that we implemented it properly. But obviously, we didnt do a good enough job. And i regret that. Were talking about 5 of the population who are in whats called the individual market. Theyre out there buying Health Insurance on their own. A lot of these plans are subpar plans. And we put in a clause in the law that said, if you have on...

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 gallons of water every day. Man what it takes to actually make clean water is somewhat a my...