Not addressing this and providing funding and financing leaves the door wide open to privatization. Mato Ska Aging Infrastructure Volume 5 Number 2 March/April 2006 Today’s typical municipal water infrastructure includes a patchwork of smaller systems built by other entities and subsequently acquired by the utility. Many are very old, built with no or inferior standards. California’s extensive levee system was developed similarly. Most of our big dams are now 50 to 100 years old. Our water infrastructure is starting to crumble. Often, funds are insufficient for even routine maintenance, so utilities and relief agencies can only respond to disasters as they happen. And we can expect more disasters if the situation is not addressed. In this issue we take a realistic look at the problem, what can be done, and how much it might cost. Download entire issue http://www.swhydro.arizona.edu/archive/V5_N2/SWHVol5Issue2.pdf (PDF - 7 Mb) Download by section (PDF): * Cover & Table of Contents http://www.swhydro.arizona.edu/archive/V5_N2/cover_toc.pdf * Features * Who is Watching Our Infrastructure? http://www.swhydro.arizona.edu/archive/V5_N2/feature1.pdf * Gerald Galloway * ASCE Assessment: Water Infrastructure Needs Attention http://www.swhydro.arizona.edu/archive/V5_N2/feature2.pdf * Mary Black * The Flood Crisis in California’s Central Valley http://www.swhydro.arizona.edu/archive/V5_N2/feature3.pdf * Leslie F. Harder, Jr. * Issues of Aging Infrastructure: the Tucson Experience http://www.swhydro.arizona.edu/archive/V5_N2/feature4.pdf * Mitchell Basefsky * Cooperation Key to Reclamtion’s Future Water Works http://www.swhydro.arizona.edu/archive/V5_N2/feature5.pdf * John Keys III * The Challenge of Utility Infrastructure Funding and Financing http://www.swhydro.arizona.edu/archive/V5_N2/feature6.pdf * Tom Gould * Upgrading an Aging Roosevelt Dam http://www.swhydro.arizona.edu/archive/V5_N2/feature7.pdf * Charlie Ester http://www.swhydro.arizona.edu/archive/V5_N2/