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Paul Tonko: “That is not only a profound waste of a vital resource, it is economically unsustainable.”

On the recordApril 12, 2016
That is not only a profound waste of a vital resource, it is economically unsustainable.
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Paul Tonko
Democratic · New York

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Tonko highlights the economic unsustainability of water loss in Flint.

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