The Water/Wastewater industry is having to address many issues over the next 20 years: environmental, growing population, rural vs. urban, agriculture, water shortages, financial constraints, etc. One problem that impacts all aspects of the industry including the above issues is the aging infrastructure, and the numbers demonstrate this problem. Water utilities average 240,000 water main breaks per year wasting over 2 trillion gallons per year. Residents lose another 1.3 trillion gallons due to leaks.
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Frances, a Montana-Dakota Utilities customer, had a furnace with a hole in the heat exchanger shield, which could allow carbon monoxide fumes to reach her living spaces if she tried to heat her home. “We turned it on, and there was no heat,” Frances said. However,...