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Replacing mains and valves and fire hydrants and other components of the system to ensure that it operates properly. Egan we consider both the underground infrastructure and the above ground assets to be a part of the Critical Infrastructure of the city. Johnson and if the infrastructure is not there to actually deliver that water in the volume and the quality thats necessary, then communities simply cant exist. Man infrastructure is vital to the american economy. Water, after all, is an essential ingredient in hundreds of thousands of everyday products. Narrator agriculture and industry use r...

Now, they have these machines called moles. Its like a big drill, and it just cuts right through the ground. So theres no more dynamite. And its still a rough job, but its gotten to a point where its a lot safer. In the 70s, we lost a man a mile basically. Here, maybe weve had two or three deaths in the last 20 years, which is too much anyway, but its cut down a lot. Hurwitz city Tunnel Number 3 will be an opportunity to take city tunnel 1 out of operation and rehabilitate it. City Tunnel Number 1 had one valve to shut off the whole tunnel. City tunnel 2 had two parallel valves. City tunnel 3 ...

They could last centuries. But the mechanical equipment within them will not. Engineers in the 1950s discovered rust on the tunnels valves. There were concerns that if they closed the valves for tunnel inspections, they may never open again, leaving new york city without water. So they chose to keep them open. As a result, there has not been significant inspection, maintenance, or repair of the tunnels in decades. No one knows their current condition. Hurwitz currently, city tunnel 1 and city Tunnel Number 2 would be feeding each half of the city. So youd lose half the city if you didnt have a...

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 planning for maintenance 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 lo...

Man water is essential to the economic viability of new york city. Reliable infrastructure and Reliable Delivery of water is a must. You have to reinvest in the infrastructure every single minute to keep it current. Hurwitz we have the stock exchange, we have the United Nations failure can have a dramatic impact on the nation, and even internationally. So theres a really keen awareness that you always have to be fixing the system. Things corrode, they rust. They get to where you turn them on and nothing happens. But it is so totally used in every nook and cranny, that making any accommodation ...