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Rural tribal communities experience 2–3× higher risk of diarrheal disease during flood months due to limited access to certified point‑of‑use filtration.
Overall, the reports maintain a high standard of transparency: code repositories (GitHub) and raw datasets are publicly available, enabling replication and third‑party validation. reports.wbwh
| Metric | National Avg. | “At‑Risk” Cities (≥ 30 % of mains > 50 yrs) | |--------|----------------|--------------------------------------------| | | 38 years (median) | 52 years | | Annual Water Loss | 13 % of produced volume | 22 % (mainly in older grids) | | Capital Gap (2024‑2029) | $124 B (federal + state) | $58 B (concentrated in the 15 at‑risk metros) | Rural tribal communities experience 2–3× higher risk of
Rural households experience 5.3 % more unplanned water outages per year than urban counterparts; tribal lands report 8.7 % more. | “At‑Risk” Cities (≥ 30 % of mains
19 % of sampled tribal water systems exceed EPA’s Maximum Contaminant Level (MCL) for arsenic, versus 4 % nationally.
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