By Kathryn Sorensen & Dr. Janet Anderson
The Safe Drinking Water Act turns 50 this year and it’s important to recognize that it is one of the most remarkable and successful pieces of legislation this country has ever known. The provision of clean tap water to all homes and businesses is among the most influential and expensive of human undertakings; it is foundational to public health and a stable society.
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Thank you for saying the quiet part out loud!
As the General Manager of a small rural Water and Sanitation District, this issue greatly impacts our daily existence as we try to navigate the unintended consequences of, (at best), good intentions that become onerous unfunded mandates created by administrators completely insulated and isolated from the financial and operational realities of the industries they regulate.
If left unchecked, the sad irony is that in their zealous determination to find a “needle in the haystack”, they fail to realize that the haystack is on fire, and they will unintentionally create the very public health crisis they are working so hard to prevent.