and a new reason to worry about the system that brings water to your home the american society of civil engineers infrastructure report card is giving this nation's drinking water systems a "d" grade. and that's raising questions about just how it gets fixed. let's bring in the past president of the american society of civil engineers. greg, welcome to you. look at these 249,000 water main breaks a year in the u.s.? how did we allow things to get this bad? >> well, thank you, yes, the problem seems to be from the fact that we frankly are underinvesting in our water systems in this country. to put it kind of in perspective, the first dollar that water agencies get they will use to spend on water quality. so, that means the water you're drinking you can rely upon it being safe to drink. but then what's left over is the money that we have to invest in our water facilities. our report card if you've looked at it, you know it says we need
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