Video of Julianne Lennon's basement in Wawarsing, NY, as a result of the leak in the Delaware Aqueduct.
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WEEKEND AMERICA :: October 24th, 2008
The Leak: Video: Leaky Basement
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WEEKEND AMERICA :: October 24th, 2008
The Leak: Overview
The longest tunnel in the world, the Delaware Aqueduct, supplies New York City with drinking water -- and it's leaking. Every 10 minutes or so, the aqueduct will leak at least enough to put a football field under three and a half feet of water. Blueprint America -- with Weekend America on public radio -- correspondent Rick Karr takes a look at the catastrophe that's unfolding several hundred feet underground.
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The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer :: October 15th, 2008
America in Gridlock: Video: The Price of Decay
In Pennsylvania, there are nearly 6,000 bridges in disrepair – the most in the nation. According to the Federal Highway Administration, 39 percent of bridges in the state are structurally deficient or functionally obsolete. In the first segment of a five part series on infrastructure in the U.S., NewsHour Senior Correspondent Ray Suarez reports with Blueprint America on Pennsylvania's aging bridges.
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The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer :: October 15th, 2008
America in Gridlock: Video: The Big Dig
In the last segment of a five part series on infrastructure in the U.S., NewsHour Senior Correspondent Ray Suarez reports with Blueprint America on the critical lessons learned from Boston's Big Dig.
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THE NEWSHOUR WITH JIM LEHRER :: October 14th, 2008
America in Gridlock: Web Video: The Infrastructure Governor
Gov. Ed Rendell (D., PA) is an advocate for reforming infrastructure policy and practice in both his state and throughout the rest of America. In Pennsylvania, Gov. Rendell has proposed varying measures to improve the state’s infrastructure, which rates particularly poor in road and bridge quality, from tolling to privatizing public roads.
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THE NEWSHOUR WITH JIM LEHRER :: October 14th, 2008
America in Gridlock: Web Video: The Big Builder
Ray Suarez of the NewsHour interviews Fred Salvucci, commonly referred to as "The father of the Big Dig," about his thoughts on the largest, most expensive U.S. infrastructure project to date.
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