My sister used to work in drinking and waste water management and holy heck you aren't kidding. One of the substation water pumps was an antique truck engine. Roots blocked a lot of the sewer lines. Leaky pipes undermined roads, and that's just the shit she talked about

I asked her how the hell the Flint situation could happen and she said it was pretty easy, the higher ups tried to "save money" by not buying water softeners and put pressure on the workers to fudge things so it looked good on paper.