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Intense heat waves and flooding are battering electricity and water systems, as America's aging infrastructure sags under the pressure of climate change

  • Written by Paul Chinowsky, Professor of Civil Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder
Intense heat waves and flooding are battering electricity and water systems, as America's aging infrastructure sags under the pressure of climate changeVolunteers distributed bottled water after Jackson, Mississippi's water treatment plant failed during flooding in August 2022.Brad Vest/Getty Images

The 1960s and 1970s were a golden age of infrastructure development in the U.S., with the expansion of the interstate system and widespread construction of new water treatment, wastewater and flood...

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