In fact we just witnessed a near disaster right here in the Nation's capital when water in Prince George's County was nearly shut off to tens of thousands of residents during the hottest week of the summer due to an aging water main that was about to collapse.
Schatz describes a recent crisis caused by aging water infrastructure.
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