alt Hacker News>only at unrealistic levels of bad
Bad water or water service is not unrealistic.
It took FIVE YEARS for Flint Michigan's water to be re-declared "safe to drink without a filter." The solution involved FEMA and the National Guard.
That can't have been the best way.
Even if allowed it would take more than 5 years for a private company to put in enough pipes to compete in Flint.