Good article on rural water problems. The agencies involved, and anyone who does R&D in water, are myopically focused on central grid/pipeline systems — the bread and butter of the engineering firms/banks that finance municipal bonds, and the municipalities that charge for your water bill.
Obviously, a point of use or distributed solution is the only fit for far-flung, small communities. That is deliberately ignored.
Marc Andelman
Worcester, Massachusetts
This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline The only fit for far-flung, small communities.
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