A recent study released by Green For All in conjunction with American Rivers, the Economic Policy Institute, and the Pacific Institute found that we could create nearly 1.9 million jobs simply by investing $188 billion in upgrading our water system to the minimum standard set by the EPA. We found that this economic environment was the ideal time for such an investment: people need the jobs, and the cost of financing is extremely low, as is the cost of construction. We’ve been postponing investments in infrastructure across the board – we now invest one-third less in water infrastructure as a share of the economy than we did in 1975.