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Fixing Our Broken Water Systems

The country has invested far too little in its public works, as governments at all levels have become obsessed with cutting spending.

‘The Road Taken,’ by Henry Petroski

A professor of history and engineering extols the virtues of small thinking when it comes to fixing bridges and highways.

The Water Data Drought

Measuring something once every five years doesn’t give us the information we need.

Washington Comes to Grips, Slowly, With Shutdown of Metro System

There was an unpredictable commute, but also relative calm, as the city completely shut down its subway system for a safety inspection on Wednesday.

As Aid Floods Into Flint, a Fix Remains Far Off

Five months after state authorities announced that it was unsafe to drink unfiltered water, the water is still unsafe, with no promise of when it will be.

Delhi Water Crisis Exposes a Fragile Infrastructure

Residents in India’s capital region have been left without running water after protesters sabotaged a major canal.

Subdued Opening Set for $4 Billion Transit Hub Called a ‘Symbol of Excess’

The current executive director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has made it clear that he would not have proceeded with such a huge undertaking in Manhattan.

Bernie Sanders Meets With Residents of Flint Before Campaign Rally in Michigan

Mr. Sanders said his meeting with seven or eight residents of Flint, Mich., to talk about the water crisis, “was one of the more difficult meetings that I have ever attended in a long political life.”

Economics of State-owned Passenger Transport in Kolkata

In developing countries, rapid urbanisation has led to an increase in the demand for transport, aggravating problems of pollution, congestion and accidents. Increasing public transport availability is one way of addressing these problems. In the Indian city of Kolkata, buses cater to a large number of people in the metropolitan area and are run by private operators as well as by the state government. Corporations owned by the state, known as state transport undertakings, operate buses.

Infrastructure for Water Resource Management in Southern Africa

Water resources infrastructure ranges from educational and research infrastructure, storage works (surface and underground), hydrological and meteorological stations, irrigation systems, to water infrastructure for eco-tourism. This water resources infrastructure serves the mining, agricultural, urban and rural water needs, the environment, amongst a host of other needs and demands.

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