Profit from America's leaky pipes

America's water infrastructure - crucial to the country's survival - is old and under increasing strain. So there's big money to be made from fixing it, says Dave Fessler. Here he tips three of his favourite water infrastructure stocks.

By the time you've finished reading this article, another three water pipes will have burst somewhere in the United States. Breaking at a rate of just over one per minute, it equates to about 540,000 bursts per year across America's 1.8 million miles of water distribution lines.

All told, US water leaks total about six billion gallons per day, according to the American Water Works Association (AWWA) enough to fill 200,000 backyard swimming pools. It's a situation that illustrates the massive problems for America's water industry.

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