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Who Knew Where the Path Would Lead?
Author(s) -
LaFrance David B.
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal ‐ american water works association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.466
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1551-8833
pISSN - 0003-150X
DOI - 10.5942/jawwa.2016.108.0201
Subject(s) - nothing , path (computing) , business , operations research , finance , engineering , computer science , philosophy , epistemology , programming language
No one knew exactly where the path would take us. It started so simply, with a 24‐page AWWA report titled Dawn of the Replacement Era: Reinvesting in Drinking Water Infrastructure (May 2001). Fifteen years ago, that report prophesied that “over the next 30 years, infrastructure replacement needs will compete with compliance needs for limited [financial] resources”. We are now halfway toward that original time horizon and, to date, the projection is nothing short of spot on.