TFTT Report

A piece by Mindy Fetterman, “As Water Infrastructure Crumbles, Many Cities Seek Private Help,” posted at Pew Stateline and Governing, details the country’s enormous water infrastructure investment needs and how communities are turning to private water companies to help fill the investment gaps. A 2015 U.S. Conference of Mayors survey reinforced the point that communities are struggling with infrastructure challenges with mayors of the largest U.S. cities listing “underinvestment in infrastructure” as their number one concern. It’s no wonder that more than 2,000 water and wastewater facilities across the country are operated under public-private partnership arrangements.