A friend who lives in a more developed area of our county gave me an astonished look when I told him that when we lose electric power, we don't have running water or a toilet because, yes, it takes electricity to run the well pump. He is on a public water system, and apparently I am his only friend with well water.
I did some quick online research and found that according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, of the total U.S. population (304,059,724 persons), about 88% (269,911,707) have public water. In Pennsylvania, however, only about 54% do (5,805,181 of the state's 10,699,115 residents).
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