America’s Families Need Federal Relief for the Most Basic and Essential Need
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In a pandemic that has tragically taken the lives of more than 300,000 Americans and cost millions of others their jobs and livelihoods, the numbers can be numbing.
Amid these staggering statistics, local governments and water utilities have shared in the devastating impacts that this crisis has had on our customers. With the pandemic taking away people’s livelihoods, families are struggling to pay their water bills, and the result has left gaping budget holes for agencies across the country.
In Louisville, 18,000 accounts are currently delinquent, an 18-fold increase compared to before the pandemic. In Maryland, the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission is facing up to $60 million in unpaid bills from customers in their two-county territory. The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission has over 5,700 residential and commercial customers behind in their bills, more than twice the
Waukesha Mayor Reilly And Milwaukee Mayor Barrett Hold Groundbreaking To Announce Start Of New Water Pipeline Construction
Construction is about to begin on pipelines that will bring Lake Michigan water to over 70,000 people in Waukesha, and then return clean water back to the Great Lakes Basin. A groundbreaking event was held in Milwaukee today to share the news about this historic project.
Waukesha Mayor Shawn Reilly said, “Today, we are happy to announce the start of the construction phase of our Great Water Alliance project – a project which will ensure sustainable drinking water in Waukesha for generations to come.”
The project will bring drinking water to the Waukesha Water Utility from the Milwaukee Water Works, then return treated water back to the Root River, a Lake Michigan tributary. In keeping with its approval under the Great Lakes Compact, Waukesha will return back to the Great Lakes Basin approximately the same volume of water that it takes out.