Aging infrastructure in Arkansas puts water access in jeopardy for many

People living in West Helena went nearly a week without running water. The crisis made headlines, highlighting a more significant issue across the state.

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The entire US's water infrastructure (I hate using that word!) is on life-support, as is our electric grid. Most cities water systems are CENTURIES old. Tulsa's (where I live) water system is mostly a hundred years old, and the Shitty Fathers sell our GOOD lake water to bottled water companies and we now drink stinky River water. The three largest electric providers have added enormous "surcharges" to our rates "to repair and maintain our physical plant", but at least, unlike DFW and Houston, they can provide enough power in winter and simmer(sic). Our residential water rates have exploded from typically say $6 (water only-there's a SEPARTE sewer charge) to $40 +/-. Sewer rates went from $2 monthly to $13. Old disabled, retired people like me, can't go from the $14-16 monthly bill to $73 MINMUM if you don't use ONE DROP OF WATER!!!