Water works (except when it doesn't)

Published: Dec. 2, 2022, 2:22 p.m.

b"Water utilities in the United States could gain from economies of scale: localized infrastructure can be inefficient and lead to outages in places like Jackson, Miss. But in practice, it's complicated.

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