Tonko Promotes $8 Billion Drinking Water Bill At Albany Med.
The city of Albany alone has 317 miles of water pipes, some of which are 135 years old.
Nationwide, Tonko says leaking pipes lose an estimated 7 billion gallons of clean drinking water every day, there are more than 700 water main breaks every day, and there may be as many as 10 million lead-contaminated service lines in use.
Tonko is promoting the Drinking Water System Improvement Act of 2017.
Albany Mayor Kathy Sheehan says clean water is an important component of economic growth and development.
Albany Med used almost 77 million gallons of water at its main site in 2016.
"I wanna thank Albany Medical Center for being a large user of our water and we take your faith in us very seriously, and we are making investments every day to ensure that our drinking water is safe and that we are able to supply water at the right pressures to our customers."
Drinking Water By the Numbers: · Albany, NY alone has 317 miles of pipes, some of them as much as 135 years old · 86% of U.S. households rely on public water supplies.
· Leaking pipes lose an estimated 7 billion gallons of clean drinking water every day.
· There are more than 700 water main breaks every day.