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Why are Texas' smaller utilities not cleaning up drinking water?

Dozens of small and rural utilities in the state have for years provided water that contains illegal levels of radiation, lead and arsenic. Lack of resources is largely to blame — but there's more to it than that.

By PAUL COBLER, The Texas Tribune
Posted 1/26/18

Several recent national studies have found that dozens of public utilities in Texas supply tens of thousands of people with drinking water that contains illegal levels of …

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