Letter: Fix the leaks and we would have plenty of water

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Regarding the Port Huron to Flint water pipeline, I would guess that most every-one knows that presently, Detroit supplies the area with our water. 

Flint buys water from Detroit and Genesee County buys our water from Flint.

It was recently disclosed that Detroit loses about 40% of its water thru leaks under ground and shortly after that it was revealed that Flint loses about 40% of its water to underground leaks also. No telling how much Genesee County loses on top of all that, and we all pay for that waste. The leaks are so bad that in both Flint and Detroit the leaks washed out roads. Flint's cost almost a million dollars.

If this was taken care of we would probably have more water than we would know what to do with so let's break this down to something simple that we can all understand. 

If in your house, the stopper in your tub, lav and kitchen sink didn't properly hold water and your toilet didn't shut off as it should, to the point that you were paying for about 40% of your expensive water that was just being wasted, would you correct the problem by fixing your plumbing or just have a bigger water line brought into hour house.