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"NEW YORK - Two hours north of New York City, a mile-long stream and a marsh the size of a football field have mysteriously formed along a country road. They are such a marvel that people come from miles around to ***** the crystal-clear water, believing it is bubbling up from a hidden natural spring.
The truth is far less romantic: The water is coming from a cracked 70-year-old tunnel hundreds of feet below ground, scientists say."
"Engineers say this is a crucial era for the nation's water systems, especially in older cities like New York, where some pipes and tunnels were built in the 1800s and are now nearing the end of their life expectancies.
"Our generation hasn't experienced anything like this. We weren't around when the infrastructure was being built," said Greg Kail, spokesman for the water industry group. "We didn't pay for the pipes to be put in the ground, but we sure benefited from the improvements to public health that came from it."
Our infrastructure is crumbling but we think we have money for open ended wars and tax cuts.As the story points out much of the infrastructure like this is very old.Built at a time when the US was relatively much less wealthy and yet we don't have the money to rebuild it.Bridges will collapse,water pipes will break,city's will have to be abandoned if we don't start spending some money(probably a lot) on rebuilding such things.And just think of the good jobs we could create if we did so.
"NEW YORK - Two hours north of New York City, a mile-long stream and a marsh the size of a football field have mysteriously formed along a country road. They are such a marvel that people come from miles around to ***** the crystal-clear water, believing it is bubbling up from a hidden natural spring.
The truth is far less romantic: The water is coming from a cracked 70-year-old tunnel hundreds of feet below ground, scientists say."
"Engineers say this is a crucial era for the nation's water systems, especially in older cities like New York, where some pipes and tunnels were built in the 1800s and are now nearing the end of their life expectancies.
"Our generation hasn't experienced anything like this. We weren't around when the infrastructure was being built," said Greg Kail, spokesman for the water industry group. "We didn't pay for the pipes to be put in the ground, but we sure benefited from the improvements to public health that came from it."
Our infrastructure is crumbling but we think we have money for open ended wars and tax cuts.As the story points out much of the infrastructure like this is very old.Built at a time when the US was relatively much less wealthy and yet we don't have the money to rebuild it.Bridges will collapse,water pipes will break,city's will have to be abandoned if we don't start spending some money(probably a lot) on rebuilding such things.And just think of the good jobs we could create if we did so.
