Infrastructure Needs in America

The United States has a huge infrastructure for transportation, energy and water.  It is expensive to keep it in good shape to, not to mention upgrading it to meet new demands.  Below is a list of links to recent posts and articles on the subject of our degrading infrastructure and what it will cost to fix it.

America's Water Infrastructure Nearing a Bursting Point (Blue-Green Alliance, Jan. 31, 2013)

Crumbling Pipes and Underground Waste: A Glimpse at Our Ailing Sewer System (PBS News Hour, Jan. 3, 2013)

Infrastructure in the United States (Infrastructure Watch, Jan. 9, 2013)

Infrastructure Investing’s Future is in Roads, Power, and Water (Monk, A., Institutional Investor Avenue of Giants blog, Jan. 29, 2013)

Making the Case for Transportation Investment (Holeywell, R., Governing, Jan. 28, 2013)

Nevada highways need nearly $2 billion worth of repairs, report says (Ryan, C., Las Vegas Sun, Jan. 14, 2013)

Report: $7B in road repairs needed (Salisbury, B., Pioneer Press, Jan. 24, 2013)

Smarter infrastructure spending needed for growth – study (Reuters, Jan. 17, 2013)

STUDY: $157 Billion of Infrastructure Investments Would Offset $3.1 Trillion Worth Of Economic Drag (Kawa, L., Business Insider, Jan. 15, 2013)
The US water paradox: falling demand, less money for infrastructure (Leurig, S., Guardian Water Hub, Jan. 8, 2013)