<p><span style="color: #2c2c2c; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">Of the state's $250 billion in infrastructure needs over the next 20 years, the bulk is for deficient bridges and crumbling roads that can be seen in plain view by the taxpayers who fund them.</span></p><p><span style="color: #2c2c2c; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">But New York also needs $75 billion for an often-forgotten piece of infrastructure: the thousands of aging, complex sewer and drinking water systems that serve 18 million people in the state. <a href="http://www.pressconnects.com/article/20111008/NEWS01/110080334/N-Y-s-hidden-problem-Water-sewer-system-need-75-billion-upgrade?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|FRONTPAGE" title="N.Y.'s hidden problem: Water, sewer system need $75 billion upgrade">More</a> (Source: Press Connects.com)</span></p>