Canada faces a critical infrastructure crisis as residential developments stall due to deteriorating water and wastewater systems. Spanning from Quebec to Manitoba, municipalities struggle with decades of deferred maintenance on essential utilities, creating bottlenecks for new housing projects. This underinvestment in aging pipe infrastructure threatens both economic growth and housing supply at a time when Canada urgently needs new residential developments to address affordability challenges.

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