Civil engineers estimate it could take more than $400 billion in the coming decades to update America’s aging water systems as climate change exacerbates challenges to accessing clean water.
Here & Now’s Peter O’Dowd speaks with White House national climate advisor Ali Zaidi about how the Biden administration is tackling the problem in the short term with new funding for states.
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