2021 Prime For Water Infrastructure Contracting Opportunities
Industry leaders throughout America are sounding alarms about the dire state of water infrastructure in the U.S. A new report warns that too many public officials are ignoring repercussions that can be anticipated because of under-investing in drinking water resources and wastewater systems each year. That pattern has persisted far too long, and the result of inattention to a critical resource poses a significant risk and literally assures greatly increased future costs.
Annual expenses in American households are already increasing, and water and wastewater failures could increase costs by more than seven times over the next two decades. Businesses that depend on an abundance of water are in the highest risk category until something changes.
evacuation evacuation centers on the west coast. this is a statewide number, 48,000 people were at 249 shelters here in florida last night. and i know looking at your website that you have a safe and well site talk us through how that works, craig. obviously in the aftermath of a storm when communications are down, very often cell service is gone, electricity is gone. families want to know that their loved ones are okay in the disaster zones. the red cross website which is very simple. it s safe and well.org. if you go to that website, you as a concerned person outside the disaster zone, you can log in and log your information, saying you re looking for so and so. you can register your information there and saying i m
reach their loved ones, this is where the american red cross site comes in. this is called the safe and well site. what you basically do is you register yourself. we saw this after katrina and other natural disasters. safe and well, click list myself as safe as well button here it is and register on the site. then others can come to the site, concerned family members can search the list, search registrants right here to find out how you locate a loved one. if you live in joplin let folks know you re okay. this is proving to be a key site as well. national guard, mobilizing the social networking trying to find ways to help people out. they re giving the latest information, many cases people need to know where to go, where they can find vital services that they need. this is the national guard site as well. we re going to link these with our home page. finally our impact your world site. this is for people who feel helpless, who want to know what it is they can do. this is cnn.com s impa
it is tuesday, may 24th. we re getting a much better picture of the scope of the disaster that we re talking about in joplin, missouri, today where our ali velshi is. good morning. what are you seeing there? good morning, kiran, christine. i wish i could tell you it s a good morning in joplin. it simply isn t. over my shoulder you can see the remains of the medical center which in this vast area is really the only building of significance that is still standing. let s begin this morning with some breaking news, however. president obama in london this morning, is announcing that he will be coming here. he will be visiting joplin this sunday as soon as he gets back from his european trip. the president says he wants the folks here to know the government will do absolutely everything they can to make sure that there s recovery here. 30% of joplin is gone. it s decimated. right now hundreds of police, fire fighters, national guardsmen, other volunteers are searching for survi