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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" color="#000000" style="font-size:11pt"><b>From:</b> Michelle Jenkins <MJenkins@neiwpcc.org><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, April 15, 2021 9:28 AM<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [EXTERNAL] : PBS Article Examines How Wastewater Infrastructure Failures Impact Citizens</font>
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<span style="font-size:13.0pt; font-family:"Tw Cen MT",sans-serif">I thought my fellow members of the Onsite Workgroup would be interested in this wastewater infrastructure – it is a fascinating read.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:13.0pt; font-family:"Tw Cen MT",sans-serif">PBS recently featured a high-profile article titled “Wastewater is the infrastructure crisis people don’t want to talk about,” which examines the ways water/wastewater infrastructure failures
are impacting lives in America.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:13.0pt; font-family:"Tw Cen MT",sans-serif">The article includes an interview with author Catherine Coleman Flowers, who published a book in 2020 drawing attention to systemic inequalities that prevent poor and marginalized communities
from gaining access to quality water/wastewater infrastructure.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:13.0pt; font-family:"Tw Cen MT",sans-serif">According to PBS, the turning point for Coleman Flowers came when she returned home to work as an economic development coordinator in Lowndes County, Alabama — a region well-known for its failing
wastewater infrastructure. <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/wastewater-is-the-infrastructure-crisis-people-dont-want-to-talk-about__;!!KKphUJtCzQ!Zy6_HNIypXSa-kbDOmntb8QtFpg03D9KQ7y8C89MqSZB_Hj0LuaxNbNOaeZ9YZBCPmKcXrQ$"><span style="color:windowtext">Read
the article here</span> [pbs.org]</a>.</span><span style="font-family: "Tw Cen MT", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>
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