In other words, the water coming out of a Wastewater Treatment plant often enters the watershed, flows into intakes of Drinking Water Treatment Plants, and eventually finds its way right back to our faucets. It takes huge investments to ensure that wastewater and Drinking Water Treatment Plants function properly to maintain a safe water supply. We made the initial investments in the plants and the pipes. But once we accomplished that, there was this great recognition that we had a series of issues associated with wet weather conditions. Storm events where, all of a sudden, youre dealing with a lot of water. Narrator large amounts of rainwater can cause flooding. Engineers developed two approaches to stormWater Infrastructure to transport water away from the urban environment. One approach was to carry waste and stormwater through the same pipe. This combined system was less expensive than building two individual pipe networks. And stormwater was seen as a way to flush out the sewers. T
And you looked at the additional investment requirements over the next 20 years, theres a 540 billion difference. Man so one of the greatest challenges is to reflect true value pricing. So that the citizens and businesses that rely on water and Wastewater Infrastructure systems are actually paying for it. Narrator cities and municipalities across the United States are now facing this funding gap, between projected revenue and projected expenses, as they strive to maintain Water Quality and meet demand. New york is the most densely populated city in the u. S. And over 40 million tourists visit the city every year. The 1. 3 billion gallons of water required every day are delivered by a system of extraordinary scale and complex engineering. 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,
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 just cant visualize all the assets that are under our feet. We have about two million miles of pipe in this nation. If youre Walking Around in an urban area, youre probably stepping on a pipe. Man our grandparents paid for, and put in for the first time, these large Distribution Systems. Woman and in many cases, its not been touched since. Man were at a critical turning point. Much of that infrastructure is wearing out. Narrator our Water Infrastructure is made up of complex, underground systems t
Next to the delaware river. Well, 30,000 people caused filth in the city and polluted their water sources. The groundwater was not potable. And in one year, 1 6 of the population died of yellow fever. Now, they didnt know at the time that yellow fever was carried by mosquitoes. But the health issue was major in that First Movement to build a water system. Narrator so they set out to find the cleanest source of water. Although the majority of philadelphias water now comes from the delaware river, early engineers found that development along the waterfront was causing pollution. So their search led them to the nearby schuylkill river. Philadelphia developed technologies to pump water from the river into the city. These technologies established Engineering Concepts that are still the basis for our Water Systems today. Europeans flocked here. It was a destination point to see the new world technology. When Charles Dickens visited us in 1840, he was truly blown away by high water pressure o
And Wastewater Infrastructure systems are actually paying for it. Narrator cities and municipalities across the United States are now facing this funding gap, between projected revenue and projected expenses, as they strive to maintain Water Quality and meet demand. New york is the most densely populated city in the u. S. And over 40 million tourists visit the city every year. The 1. 3 billion gallons of water required every day are delivered by a system of extraordinary scale and complex engineering. 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