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January 17, 2017 09:47 am PST
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Water unaffordable for millions of Americans
"If water rates continue rising at projected amounts, the number of US households unable to afford water could triple in five years, to nearly 36 percent." That's the conclusion from a study by Elizabeth Mack, an assistant geography professor at Michigan State University, which looked at water consumption, pricing, and demographic, and socioeconomic data.
This map includes high-risk tracts (in black), which are areas with high concentrations of families with incomes below $32,000 that currently cannot afford water bills. The at-risk tracts (in gray) are areas with high concentrations of families with incomes between $32,000 and $45,120 that are at-risk of being unable to afford rising water rates in the near future.
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