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Basically how building new houses in suburbia works. Every new house is subsidized by the local government in the hopes that they'll pay back enough taxes in the next 50 years before the pipes have to be replaced again.
Greetings from suburban Calgary, where we are currently both sprawling, and under a stage 4 water advisory for the month as our water feed main ruptured in June.