Voters: tax and OK to spend when it comes to water

On average a water main breaks survey geological somewhere in the United States every two minutes, according to the latest U.S..

It's no wonder that 85 percent of American voters approved the Government money to the country's water, overhaul infrastructure should invest according to a report released Wednesday by water systems manufacturer ITT Corporation.

Voters are prepared to pay for the upgrade.

When asked if you more to pay agreed 11 percent on your monthly bill "to ensure continued access to a reliable and consistent supply of clean water", 63 percent of American voters said yes according to ITT.

"If all American households is applied, this increase equal 5.4 billion dollar or four times the (tax) 2009 Federal investment in our nation's drinking water systems."ITT said in a statement.

When asked, the most important service rank set 95 percent of the U.S. voters water in the first place, followed by electricity, heat, Internet, mobile phone, landline phone, cable TV and cooling systems, or.

Perhaps most interesting is that the desire for reform of U.S. water infrastructure was 80 percent in favor, regardless of how wurde.Geschlecht, age, party analyzes membership, income, region of the country, or whether the defendant from a water challenged or water-rich State was apparently not to the matter.

The survey between August 6, 2010 and September 3, 2010, carried out was included 1,003 registered voters from 50 States, as also 502 industrial and agricultural enterprises.

On the corporate side 57 percent of industrial and agricultural enterprises were willing, in bills you pay more to a continuous clean and reliable water supply to gewährleisten.Wenn asked to name their price said was 7 percent average acceptable increase, according to the ITT report.

It is fair to note I TT's business interest one of its main production Märkte.Aber is the results in the results of the survey as water dovetail with Water data from the research analyst ethical Corporation in May released .Dass corporate water report found that 99 percent of corporate sustainability Manager water as the top priority for companies in the next 5 to 10 years place.