We are leaving our marks everywhere. This is not a print from the PopArt Show @ the Whitney. It's detergent suds and sewage scum in a local stream originating from a leaky sewer line. Moi wishes this were an uncommon occurrence, but that's not the case in Kansas City, nor would it be true in most other U.S. urban areas. Our infrastructure, like our population, is aging and cosmetic repairs won't save it anymore than they save us from our ultimate demise.
We are going to be spending millions (in some cases billions) in the coming decade(s) to address these problems. If we ignore them, the damage to our ecological resources will continue to increase in severity driving the ultimate costs even higher.