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Water woes a product of inadequate funding for infrastructure upgrades

Posted by: Maven on December 9, 2009 at 8:27 am

From Food & Water Watch:

“Washington, D.C.—“Today’s New York Times article on violations of the Safe Drinking Water Act underscores the profound challenges facing municipalities around the country in delivering safe, clean water to residents. Yet, it should not be taken as a reason to condemn the public ownership of local water systems, nor should it erode public faith in government’s ability to safeguard this essential resource. If anything, it highlights a need for government to be more responsive to the water crisis facing many municipalities across the country.

“It comes as little surprise that much of the data cited in the article came from a time when our nation’s water systems were under the so-called protection of the Bush administration, which maintained a notoriously poor track record for upholding public health standards. Eighty-two percent of the violations mentioned in the article were in systems that serve fewer than 3,300 people. Fining communities that fail to meet clean water standards is no way of making sure that water quality issues are addressed, or that standards of quality are reached. In fact, doing so would only worsen the financial capacity of small towns to improve their water systems. … “

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December 9, 2009 · Filed Under Infrastructure

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