Documentaries Focus on Water Infrastructure, Resources

摘要

America's aging drinking water, wastewater and stormwater systems are in dire need of an overhaul. While that's common knowledge in the municipal water industry, the problem is "out of sight and out of mind" for most of the public at large. Penn State Public Broadcasting (WPSU-TV) hopes to change all that with its new 90-minute documentary on the looming crisis underneath our feet and how communities are trying to meet this challenge. "Liquid Assets: The Story of Our Water Infrastructure," tells of America's distressed essential infrastructure systems: drinking water, wastewater, and stormwater. These complex and aging systems -- some in the ground for more than 150 years -- are critical components for basic sanitation, health, public safety, economic development, and a host of other necessities of life.