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Cash-strapped cities consider turning crumbling utilities over to the private sector

by Amy Scott and Richard Cunningham

Oct 20, 2022

Infrastructure repairs are usually left up to local governments, but smaller cities can’t always afford these repairs.

Above, a water treatment plant on Aug. 31, in Jackson, Mississippi. In places like Jackson and Duquesne, Pennsylvania, crumbling infrastructure has led to unclean drinking water.

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