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How the infrastructure bill delivers on clean water -- and how it falls short

PBS, 05 Aug 2021
As many as 22 million people get drinking water from systems with lead pipes, and twice as many rely on systems that violate safe water standards. A large part of the Senate infrastructure bill aims to solve those issues. NewsHour correspondent Lisa Desjardins talks to community leaders about what they need, and Erik Olson of the Natural Resources Defense Council about whether the bill delivers.

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