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That doesn’t account for the billions in other infrastructure needs, from drinking water and sewers to roads and bridges. Federal estimates say fixes and updates to the nation’s water infrastructure system could cost $188 billion over the next 20 years, said Laura Rubin, director of the Healing Our Waters Great Lakes Consortium, which focuses on Great Lakes restoration issues. Michigan’s share of that is about $15 billion. “That’s not even taking the disasters and increased precipitation into account,” Rubin said. “We know we’ve been under-investing in it.” The infrastructure bill now under consideration in Congress would spend $1.2 trillion on a range of projects, including roads, bridges, broadband and public transportation. It would also include $55 billion toward water improvement. ....
Over the next two decades, Indiana will need more than $13 billion to repair or replace aging water and wastewater infrastructure, according to the Healing Our Waters-Great Lakes Coalition. ....