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  1. Apr 19, 2023 · As pollution, engineering, population growth and climate change pose challenges to freshwater quality and quantity in America, the safety and amount of water in parts of the U.S. is in question ...

  2. Aug 11, 2020 · Nearly 165 million Americans rely on groundwater for drinking water, farmers use it for irrigation―37 percent of our total water usage is for agriculture—and industry needs it for manufacturing.

    • Jon Heggie
  3. Jun 22, 2021 · This study builds on a growing body of evidence showing access to plumbing, water quality, and basic sanitation are lacking for a disturbingly large number of US residents by providing a ...

    • J. Tom Mueller, Stephen Gasteyer
    • 2021
  4. Oct 5, 2023 · The drinking water system in the United States is broken in all kinds of ways. Chronic underinvestment has left water infrastructure outdated and on the verge of collapse in many places...

  5. Jun 22, 2021 · In 2020, 1,165 community water systems were not of adequate quality, and more than 21,000 facilities that discharged directly into US waters posed a severe level of environmental threat.

  6. Apr 19, 2021 · When it comes to environmental problems, Americans remain most concerned about two that have immediate and personal potential effects. For the past 20 years, worries about water pollution -- both...

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  8. Mar 23, 2021 · As the nation already wrestles with water shortages, contamination and aging infrastructure, experts warn more frequent supercharged climate-induced events will exacerbate the pressing issue of safe drinking water. It’s no surprise then that the Biden-Harris administration has identified safe drinking water as one of the nation’s top priorities.