[nervousvarun]

If you want to be absolutely terrified, lookup the New Orleans Sewage and Water Board. Just an absolute disaster.

Full spectrum from "I haven't received a bill in 3 years" to "I regularly receive $1500 water bills" etc.

Perfect storm of aging/under-funded infrastructure, horrific bloated bureaucracy, on and on.

[brudgers]

Shit flows down hill putting New Orleans in a difficult position with regard to sewage as it is below sea level and all the sewage has to be pumped uphill eventually and on the level before that. Pumping sewage is a hard problem involving grinders, strainers, big pipes and big pumps. On top of all the other shit New Orleans has to deal with, it has to deal with a lot of literal shit.