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“$266 billion would go to water infrastructure, broadband, environmental remediation, power infrastructure and other areas,”
reported of the framework.
While Biden’s ambition to dedicate significant funding to infrastructure has been clear for some time, recent dialogue with legislators on both sides of the aisle has propelled this package forward, with both sides reportedly making significant concessions. Regardless of what he may have had to concede, Biden was apparently able to secure funding to remediate a key drinking water issue: the large number of buried, lead-based pipelines throughout the country.
“Biden’s push to replace the nation’s lead service lines was also included in the bipartisan deal, with the White House statement saying it will ‘eliminate the nation’s lead service lines and pipes, delivering clean drinking water to up to ten million American families and more than 400,000 schools and child care facilities that currently don’t have it,’”
How COVID-19 Is Driving Better Drinking Water Access In The U.S.
More than a year into the COVID-19 pandemic and with much of the U.S. opening back up, its residual effects on the country’s systems are becoming clear. And few areas of daily life have been more heavily impacted than drinking water systems.
Handwashing and the use of clean water in the home were identified early on as critical practices for curbing the spread of the novel coronavirus, but as many drinking water managers already knew, access to this vital resource is not equitable across the nation. The COVID-19 pandemic has underscored that fact for much more of the country.