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More than 17,000 Detroit homes face water shutoffs, official says ‘the problem is poverty’

It’s water shutoff season in Detroit, and the government’s annual elimination of a resource essential to human life appears poised to affect up to about 17,500 households in America’s poorest big city. The number provided by the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department represents residential customers who are more than 60 days behind on their water bills. […]

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