Is it generally more cost effective to maintain water infrastructure in good standing or wait until it breaks down, for example, a water main rupturing and flooding a community and then clean up the problem? It's a huge problem in this country that you have aging water infrastructure. We saw with the Potomac interceptor. Given that states will not be able to plug the budget hole. I don't know if you've taken a look at the budgets of state. (11:41–11:46)
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