Water Works: Causes and Consequences of Safe Drinking Water in America reports that US drinking-water pollution fell by half from 2003–2019. The authors (including Joseph Shapiro, David Keiser, B. Mazumder, and David Molitor) link improvements to Safe Drinking Water Act funding and estimate that water investments cut mortality and yield benefits exceeding costs by a factor greater than 20.
The paper 'Water Works: Causes and Consequences of Safe Drinking Water in America' finds US drinking-water pollution declined by 50% between 2003 and 2019.
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Water Works: Causes and Consequences of Safe Drinking Water in America
📉US drinking water pollution fell by HALF in 2003-2019
💰Safe Drinking Water Act $ helped
❤️Investments reduce mortality, benefit/cost ratio >20
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