Article posted Tuesday, December 31, 2013 5:59pm

The Center for Neighborhood Technology published a report called The Case for Fixing the Leaks, describing the Great Lakes region’s water loss issue. The loss they studied comes from aging, leaky infrastructure that wastes water and money.

6

Billions of gallons of treated water lost every day in the U.S.

90

Percent increase in the cost of water services in the U.S. between 1996 and 2010

$10

Billion of investment in infrastructure can boost U.S. gross domestic product by $13 to $15 billion

40

Percent more jobs than created by infrastructure investments than tax cuts

71

Percent of utilities surveyed by the report have no policy in place to control water loss

Source: Center for Neighborhood Technology’s report The Case for Fixing the Leaks