How leaders are fighting a 'perfect storm' of water issues
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How are mayors and other local leaders facing an aging infrastructure, tight city budgets and changing climates in the Mississippi watershed?
MPR News host Kerri Miller put that question before a panel of leaders at the US Water Alliance's One Water Summit. Miller spoke with:
•Rita Albrecht Mayor of Bemidji, Minnesota
• Radhika Fox, CEO of the US Water Alliance
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• James Anthony Parrott, Executive Director for the Jefferson County Sewer District in Louisville, Kentucky
•Phil Stang, Mayor of Kimmswick, Missouri
We are at the #OneWater Summit with @KerriMPR of @MPRnews recording a conversation live for Radio about water and the urban-rural divide pic.twitter.com/RjOivBaz5y
— The Water Main (@thewatermain) July 12, 2018
Next week Miller will continue to host conversations about water, climate change and equity during a special series called Flyover Down the Mississippi River weekdays at noon.
Use the audio player above to hear the full broadcast