Our Water System: What a Waste
The nation’s drinking water and wastewater systems are sorely in need of repair.
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The country has invested far too little in its public works, as governments at all levels have become obsessed with cutting spending.
‘The Road Taken,’ by Henry Petroski
A professor of history and engineering extols the virtues of small thinking when it comes to fixing bridges and highways.
The Water Data Drought
Measuring something once every five years doesn’t give us the information we need.
Washington Comes to Grips, Slowly, With Shutdown of Metro System
There was an unpredictable commute, but also relative calm, as the city completely shut down its subway system for a safety inspection on Wednesday.
Fearing the Tide in West Point, a Slum Already Swamped With Worry
About 75,000 Monrovia residents await word on whether infrastructure will be improved to withstand the sea, or if they will be relocated.
As Aid Floods Into Flint, a Fix Remains Far Off
Five months after state authorities announced that it was unsafe to drink unfiltered water, the water is still unsafe, with no promise of when it will be.
Delhi Water Crisis Exposes a Fragile Infrastructure
Residents in India’s capital region have been left without running water after protesters sabotaged a major canal.
No Grand Opening Planned for $4 Billion Transit Hub
The current executive director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has made it clear that he would not have proceeded with such a huge undertaking in Manhattan.
Bernie Sanders Meets With Residents of Flint Before Campaign Rally in Michigan
Mr. Sanders said his meeting with seven or eight residents of Flint, Mich., to talk about the water crisis, “was one of the more difficult meetings that I have ever attended in a long political life.”