Reed, Whitehouse secure $22m for clean water investments in Rhode Island
âThe thing that holds us back has always been resources. Plain and simple,â Whitehouse said.
By Alexa Gagosz Globe Staff,Updated April 23, 2021, 4:37 p.m.
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US Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (center) and Jack Reed (left) call on Congress to put clean water upgrades in new infrastructure bill, a plan that they say would increase the quality of drinking water in Rhode Island.Alexa Gagosz/Globe Staff
PROVIDENCE â For US Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, itâs easy to point to why Rhode Islandâs infrastructure grade has been so low, including a grade of âC+â from the American Society of Civil Engineers last year for the stateâs drinking water.